Fritzbox 7490 and setting static ip on a lan device

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JayADee

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#248694 6-Apr-2019 08:45

Hi gang,
If my internal network dhcp is set to provide ips in range from 2-200 and I want to set a couple of devices to get the same ip every time, should they be on the same subnet with their ip outside the 2-200 range or within it?
I.e. Dhcp is from 192.167.0.2 to 192.167.0.200 should I set the device to 192.167.0.32 or out of the range like 192.167.0.201?

I'm ticking the box that says 'always use this ip for this device'

Also, I could set it in the device that needs the static ip itself (out of the dhcp range), would that be better than in the router?
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#2211598 6-Apr-2019 08:52

I personally like to set the DHCP range away from the static devices, for example if I will set it to 192.168.1.20-200 and then set my static devices to 192.168.1-19

I use my fritz to set the devices for me, but you can set it on the devices it self, I think it is "slightly" faster" setting on the device than it calling the router and being assigned, I'm open to being corrected.

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#2211599 6-Apr-2019 08:57

I put them outside that range. I think I have DHCP on 20 - 200, and I put my key devices on 5 - 19. I don't assign static IP on the devices, I use DHCP reservations, so the devices with a specific MAC address always gets the same IP from DHCP. It's quick and easy to do on the Fritzbox.

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#2211763 6-Apr-2019 14:03

Thanks to you both. On other routers I've worked with I've set reservations by MAC address. I'm not sure how the 7490 does it, the interface is a bit different. But I'm pretty sure you guys are both right, I think they're supposed to be set outside the dhcp range but within the network range. Thanks!

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#2211767 6-Apr-2019 14:18

You don't have a reservation for DHCP in that case. I personally just tick the box to always use the same IP address.

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#2211924 6-Apr-2019 20:58

At home I have very few devices I set static IPs from the router... The Amazon Fire TV, the printer and my desktop. Everything else is assigned by DHCP, so much easier to get it going.

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#2211929 6-Apr-2019 21:15

I don't usually bother either, I had to do it at work for a few devices a few years ago... reserve an IP then assign it based on the MAC address when the device joined the network.

I just checked and the 'always use this ip' is ticked. :) I must've done it when I added them with the MAC.

I'm giving these assigned ips because they're the security cameras I just bought and I don't know yet what all I am going to have to do to set them up security wise.

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