Questions tagged [static-ip]

A static IP address is assigned to a device on a permanent basis. The IP address is not expected to change frequently or at all. This addressing method is commonly used for servers and other devices for which the address must be well-known.

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Windows DNS Server register a non **DHCP** client (server) into 2008R2

We have Linux boxes with static IP, some using Centos and other Debian, using IP ranges reserved for development and testing. We need this boxes to 'publish' their DNS into DNS Server 2008R2, ...
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TCP/IP routing: accessing a LAN device with wrong static IP configuration

I forgot to change the static IP of a network device before moving it from my datacenter network to my home LAN. Since it isn't configured properly for my LAN network, I'm not sure how to access it. ...
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Accessing IP restricted server from dynamic IP

Our servers (all CentOS) are all restricted by IP but often i am out and about and stuck on a dynamic IP address. Using a DynDNS widget I have set this dynamic IP to always sync with a DynDNS hostname ...
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Setting up bridged LXC containers with static IPs

I'm trying to setup multiple LXC containers on a host, each with public static IPs of their own. My host is running the latest Ubuntu. It has a single network interface named eth0. The static IPs ...
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DHCP addressing vs Static addressing for Servers

I'm having a "lively" debate with a work associate about the reasons for or against using DHCP on servers in a network environment. The network environment in particular is a relatively small network, ...
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Tunneling a public IP to a remote machine

I have a Linux server A with a block of 5 public IP addresses, 8.8.8.122/29. Currently, 8.8.8.122 is assigned to eth0, and 8.8.8.123 is assigned to eth0:1. I have another Linux machine B in a remote ...
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hosting IP change, how much downtime to expect?

i'm moving my hosted site (same host) to a static IP, I understand there will be some downtime due to DNS caching - does anybody have any tips how to minimize this time and to avoid my users seeing "...
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How to assign a reserved / static public IP Address to a virtual machine on Azure

I am running this command on Azure Power Shell to assign a reserved public IP to an existing virtual machine: PS C:\> Get-AzureVM -ServiceName sk-cs-name -Name sk-vm-name | Set-AzurePublicIP -...
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Assign a static private ip to an EC2 instance

I want my server to connect to a db server (both on an EC2 instance). How can i give the db server a static IP address to use within EC2 without using VPC?
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Static IPs for Asus router VPN clients

I have asus router RT-AC58U (fw 3.0.0.4.382_51899) and have successfully set up OpenVPN. Here are my custom settings: OpenVPN custom settings these setting automatically generate file config.ovpn ...
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How do I setup a public static IP in Ubuntu 9.10

I have an Ubuntu 9.10 server and I need to setup a static public IP. Our office already had a network setup by Cisco, so the router is configured to forward the requests to the server. Here is the ...
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How necessary is a static IP when running a webserver from home

I'm considering hosting at home not through a third party. Some of the content will be software that need to run reliably 24/7. Currently I buy the domain then redirect it to the IP of my webhost, so ...
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Communication between two different network id

How can two hosts with different network-id communicate with each other? 10.17.101.16 /24 needs to communicate with 10.17.102.16 /24 I was able to make communication by changing them to same network-...
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Unable to reach host with static ip and gateway is vlan - Debian 10

I have been trying to get static ip working on a Debian 10 install. The server is to operate in a VLAN separate from any other network. The VLAN id according to the router interface is 3. The router ...
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Centos internet not working

We have our test server configured with a CentOS installation. However, when we put the machine on Dynamic IP then the internet works fine. But we need static IP to configure it with the internet (...
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dhcp server not starting on CentOS 5 (XenServer 6.5)

I have a host with XenServer 6.5 (based on CentOS 5) that is currently set up using a static IP by following the procedure here. I have been provided with an IP address, netmask and gateway - I ...
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How do I assign a static IP address to a Win 2008 VPN server?

I am setting up a VPN to a Windows Server 2008 box at my hosting provider. I actually do have it working already and am using a static IP range to assign addresses to my VPN clients in the range of ...
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Is it okay to set static IP within the range of DHCP?

I have a machine that is connected to a network that assigns IPs automatically via DHCP, for some reason, I needed to have a static IP on that machine... I gave it an IP within the range of the DHCP......
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