[WT-support] Networking question

[Gerard Jendraszkiewicz]

Hi John,

Let me know what you find out also !

I have tried DHCP with 192.168.1.xxx, but had no joy with Win-Test. With 
static IP 192.168.1.10x I was able to link all computers with WT ok.

Thanks
Jerry, KE9I


John Warburton G4IRN wrote:
> Scenario:
>  
> I set up a network of 7 or 8 Win-Test laptops on a wireless network 
> via a Wireless Access Point with 'DHCP Server' enabled.
> The router's IP start address for dynamic allocation is 192.168.0.100
> The WT laptops do NOT have static IP addresses, they have Dynamic 
> allocation of IP configured.
> Ethernet is enabled on each laptop with the same broadcast address and 
> port number. Each station number is different.
>  
> What will the consequence be of not setting fixed IP addresses on the 
> laptops? (yes, I know the manual states you should use a static address!)
>  
> As far as I can work out, my router always allocates 192.168.0.* - 
> will the network run quite happily?
>  
> What if I need to reboot a laptop and it grabs a new unique  IP 
> address, within the 192.168.0.* range, on startup ?
>  
> Am I inviting trouble if I do not set the IP addresses as FIXED?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> John G4IRN.
>  
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