Setting up a static IP on Eir's F2000 modem

Markus Antonius

Honest to goodness, the technology world is a bizarre and unfriendly place. Last year I got a very cheap cctv camera and in all of 10 minutes I had it backing up footage on my PC's hard disk by means of a Filezilla server.

Yet when I go into my modems settings in order to setup a static IP for my set top box you need nothing short of a PhD in information technology.

Can anyone tell me where I can find these numbers so I can finally keep my set top box fixed with the IP address 192.168.1.1:

I understand the destination is the router which is 192.168.254 with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0

The source is the set top box which I want the IP fixed at 192.168.1.1. No matter what number or combination of numbers I put in for the Default Gatway or Source Subnet mask I get an error. Why is this such a difficult thing to do?

Glaceon

Static routing isn’t the same as a static IP. You might be able to set one in the DHCP settings but not sure.

Markus Antonius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118128848#Comment_118128848

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118128864#Comment_118128864

Ah, so static routing is a different thing altogether then. I will look up DHCP, it may be in the port forwarding section. Let me see if I can sort it that way.

Markus Antonius

Lads, you are true gentlemen. Under the DHCP Reservation section I get a nice dropdown where I can pick my fixed IP address for my device (zgemmah set top box):

Thanks a lot, it was driving me mad!