switch off DHCP Thomson TG585v8

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VicBStard

28 posts

Geek

#74379 28-Dec-2010 19:15

Looks like alot of peeps are having fun with Telecom's modem of choice.

I switch to telecom from the awful Orcon service a couple of months ago. Telecom gave me a shiny new TG585v8. I was feeling a bit ill when it arrived so I just plugged it in and off it went.

I now wish to set the thing up properly, with all my devices having static ips with port forwarding etc. The thing is I can not see how to stitch off the DHCP server option in the routers menu (which has to be one of the worst I've played with).

I spoke to a guy at Telecom, who couldn't understand that I didn't want a static IP on the internet, that I just wanted to set one up for my devices.

Can anyone help me?

VinLew

210 posts

Master Geek

#422215 28-Dec-2010 20:26

Type dsldevice.lan into the address bar, then press Home Network, select Devices (under the Telecom logo), click on the device you want to have a static ip, and press Configure (right hand side of the page, 1/4 of the way down. Select "Always use the same IP address".

VicBStard

28 posts

Geek

#422222 28-Dec-2010 20:55

Yeah, I found that, but it is still using the routers DHCP to assign an IP. I'm looking to switch that off and assign the ip address manually at the device end (i.e. within the windows network settings).

qraider

374 posts

Ultimate Geek

#422662 30-Dec-2010 16:50

Try the following:

Home Network > Interfaces > LocalNetwork > Configure

Untick "Use DHCP Server"

I hope that works ...

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VicBStard

28 posts

Geek

#422717 30-Dec-2010 19:36

Cheers mate, that page was exactly what I was looking for. Why the Thomson menu has to be so esoteric is beyond me.

Thanks again!