Static IP
From AzureusWiki
How to give your computer a static IP in the TCP/IP settings
If your router does support the usage of MAC address binding try to use this feature first! If not you have to give your PC a static IP to prevent getting a random IP from the router's DHCP. Also read http://portforward.com/networking/staticip.htm for step-by-step guides.
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PC
You do so in the TCP/IP settings of your operating system (OS). For your PC, use an IP that ends with x.x.x.150 (like in the example snapshot), x.x.x.200 or x.x.x.201 to avoid the DHCP range of your router. What you need to set is more or less the same for every OS, see the example snapshot:
Important!
Make sure...
- that the parts of the IP highlighted in green are exactly the same (in the example 192.168.0)
- to insert your router IP as Default gateway and Preferred DNS server.
The router IP is the address that you use in your browser to setup your router, using the web interface. Your router IP might be different, check your router manual (on paper, CD or online) - most common IPs are these:
192.168.0.1
192.168.1.1
192.168.2.1
192.168.123.254
10.0.0.2
Mac
- Open System Preferences from the finder drop down menu
- Open Network
- Show: Airport or Built-in Ethernet depending on the way you connect to the Internet (wireless or not)
- In the TCP/IP tab, choose Using DHCP with manual address
- Write your IP address: you can only choose the last number of the group of 4 numbers making up the router's IP address:
- router: 192.168.0.1 ... your computer: 192.168.0.22 (for instance)
- You can now go set up your router to forward the Options > Connection > Incoming TCP listen port Azureus uses.
Read the Azureus FAQ
