[arm-allstar] Wifi Question

[David McGough]

Yes, I agree. Whether to use static, private addresses or addresses mapped 
by DHCP is personal preference.  If you've got a good knowledge of 
networking and what devices are on your network, static IP addresses are 
ALWAYS better to use!  The reason for this is simple:  Setting a static IP 
directly on the host doesn't require any extra hardware that might somehow 
fail.  By using static addresses, many hosts on a "semi-broken" network 
(like after a lightning strike!) will remain accessible / ping-able for 
testing.


73, David KB4FXC


On Mon, 27 Dec 2021, "Lewis Horn via ARM-allstar" wrote:

> It’s been working fine on our repeater.  And it stays on multiple networks.  You should be able to define a DHCP dynamic and static range on your router.  

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> On Dec 27, 2021, at 6:52 PM, Patrick Perdue via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
> 
> I don't recommend setting the IP address static on the client end, especially with WiFi. You could possibly find yourself in a world of hurt if you ever need to connect to a different network or a segment on a different subnet. It's  much better to let the router handle reserved MAC/DHCP leases, as others have mentioned here. Any good router, and most bad ones made in the last twenty years will let you do this.
> 
> 
>> On 12/27/2021 5:42 PM, "Lewis Horn via ARM-allstar" wrote:
>> Set the Wi-Fi to a static up address on the ham voip
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>>> On Dec 27, 2021, at 5:37 PM, Darrell Black via ARM-allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Peter, in your router set it to reserve the PI's (the one running Allstar)
>>> MAC address to always provide the same IPaddress, then port forward to that
>>> address. If you have comcast and their modem you can do it all via the
>>> phone app.
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Dec 27, 2021 at 5:25 PM "Peter Dominguez via ARM-allstar" <
>>>> arm-allstar at hamvoip.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I saw in recent posts that many use HamVoIP on wireless only.  I like this
>>>> idea because it involves less wires and switch space.  My question is: if
>>>> the HamVoIP device gets its wireless IP address dynamically how do you tell
>>>> the router it is behind to forward ports 4569, 5198-5200 to the new IP
>>>> address?  If I have to keep track of this myself manually it is no problem
>>>> as DHCP is fairly static, just wondering if there is a more elegant
>>>> solution.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Peter
>>>> 
>>>> Peter A Dominguez
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