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On 01/04/12 13:59, Julian Hall wrote: > Hi Neil, > > What I meant was to make your *router* not your ISP give the phone a > fixed IP address, not via DHCP as it normally would. On my router (the > poorly named Virginmedia Superhub) I can tell it to reserve specific IP > addresses for particular MAC addresses. > I haven't found anything like that on my router (Netgear DG834G). I think I will have a chat with my ISP tomorrow to see if they have any idea why a reset makes such a difference. > e.g. when I turn my NAS box on the router sees the MAC address and knows > to give it the same IP address every time: 192.168.0.2. The same with > my desktop, 192.168.0.3. That way if I use any IP specific software I > don't have to mess about. Other devices like my tablet just get a > dynamic IP from the DHCP server in the router. > > When you say you've checked the MAC address shown in the router with the > one in your phone, do you mean you've checked the list of connected > devices? > > > When I look at my router admin, Router Status, I see three MAC Addresses, on for the ADSL port, one for the LAN port and one for the Wireless Port. The only difference is that very last character of each one is different. On the phone, if I go to Wifi Settings, and then Advanced, I see details for the router such as IP Address, Gateway, Netmask and DNS1. Use Static Address is selected, but deselecting it makes no difference. There is also a MAC address which is nothing like the ones in the router. But then I do not know a lot about all this so it may be unimportant. That is why I am asking questions of the experts. Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq