I'm currently using a WRT54G router with Tomato firmware and I have a simple residential dynamic ip address cable modem. The cable modem is in "bridged" mode and the router is set to use DHCP to get ...

After the recent Northpoint fiasco, SWB surprised us by installing our new DSL connection within two weeks of placing the order.<P>When it was installed, we were provided a Cayman 3220-H router.<P>We ...

Your Linksys router uses a dynamic external IP address leased from your ISP. This dynamic address changes based on the time limits of the lease. If your ISP permits, you can prevent the external IP ...

If you do it through the router, it will likely be called a DHCP reservation, though many people (and even some routers) still refer to it as a "static IP address." DHCP reservations allow you to ...

In an upcoming blog I expect to write about configuring a home router, which requires logging on to it. This, in turn, requires knowing the IP address of the router. Non-techies typically don’t know ...

An IP address is a unique identifier for a specific device on your network. Your router assigns them to these devices using Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). As you connect new devices to ...

A static IP address gives a fixed address to your computer on the local network at your business. Port forwarding is used by computers on the Internet to connect to a specific device on your internal ...