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HaggisKiwi

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#271719 24-May-2020 13:26
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We've recently had fibre installed along with Spark's "Smart Modem".

 

Only issue so far is that, because out networked printer is only powered up when needed, it gets a new IP addressed assigned every time it boots up. Mildly annoying when you go to print & things just hold in the queue.

 

Not a problem on old ADSL modem, but no obvious on Spark's modem admin page as to where to set a fixed address for a given device.

 

Any clues, or step-by-step guide, on how to do this for this modem?

 

Thanks in advance.


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grolschie
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  #2491706 26-May-2020 11:43

Some devices cannot be configured manually with a static IP address (I'm looking at you WD My Cloud Home), so here's how to reserve an IP address for a particular MAC address in the Smart Modem's DHCP config:

 


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