Hi,   
      
   On 2015-02-20 23:35:00, Ed Vance wrote to All:   
     about: "IP Address Changes-Why?":   
      
    EV> Usually this XP MCE SP3 pc   
      
   Hey! This is the Win95 area. Get out of here with your XP questions! ;-)   
      
    EV> gets an IP Address of 192.168.1.100 and the Wallwatcher and Getlog   
    EV> programs work just fine.   
      
    EV> The other day the IP Address changed to 192.168.1.101 and Wallwatcher   
    EV> and Getlog hasn't wanted to work since.   
      
    EV> I have had this problem before and it was usually because I left the   
    EV> Cat-5 cable on the Vista pc connected and had turned the Vista pc on   
    EV> first, and it grabs the Dot One Hundred IP Address and when I turned on   
    EV> the XP pc later it gets a different IP Address.   
      
    EV> So I thought I fixed that by always making sure the Cat-5 wire to the   
    EV> Vista pc isn't connected before I turn the XP pc on.   
      
    EV> I have a BEFSX41 router that is connected to the DSL Modem and the XP   
    EV> pc, and I have been turning on the DSL Modem before turning on the   
    EV> router, then waiting 5 minutes for the LEDs to settle down before   
    EV> turning on the XP pc.   
      
    EV> I have been wandering through XP Help and Support pages to see if there   
    EV> was a way to always make the XP pc use the DOT One Hundred IP Address   
    EV> but all I could find was that I could fix the IP Address but Not To Do   
    EV> It because it was recommended to keep the DNS setting set to Automatic   
    EV> on the page I read about how to fix the IP Address.   
      
   I think this advice is wrong. If you run services on a pc, you better set the   
   IP configuration to static. Use an IP number outside the DHCP range which   
   apparently starts with 100 on your router. So 192.168.1.10 could be a good   
   candidate. The subnet mask would be 255.255.255.0. The default gateway and   
   Prefered DNS server should be copied from your current configuration. (You   
   know where to look for those?)   
      
   If you have made special adaptations to your routers/firewall configuration to   
   point to the .100 address, of course you have to change those to the new IP   
   address.   
      
   I don't know anything about the Wallwatcher and Getlog programs, but maybe   
   they also need to be told to use the new address. Or maybe just reboot after   
   the IP configuration change, will fix this automagically?   
      
   Does this make any sense to you?   
      
      
   Bye, Wilfred.   
      
      
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