Needed: Static IP on Stand-Alone Win2k Pro Machine

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David Reed

I have a quick question...I'm trying to configure a stand-alone computer
(off-network) to have a specific static IP address 172.16.0.3

I have software that I need to install on it to test it for our environment,
and it MUST have that IP, because of the license file. But I don't want to
install it on our live server to test it.

I'm having a real problem figuring what I'm doing wrong on this Windows 2000
Pro machine. I can only seem to get it to use the 127.0.0.1 IP.

Do you have any ideas?

Desperately knowing I'm overlooking something...
David
 
Yes, fully. Everything available, except Windows Media Player 9. :-) If
we need THAT, well, I was gonna say the world has gone to you-know-where,
but, we're runnin' MS, so..."Buddy, we're ahhhhlready there..."

David
 
I built a loopback plug so the machine wouldn't think the cable was
unplugged then it would use the IP address I assigned. You could also just
plug it into an old hub that is not connected to anything else just so it
sees a connection. HTH.
Louis
 
cable is disconnected.
Check the cable.
Where are you trying to give it the static IP?

Marina
 
Hi there,

I know. There's no need for the cable at all, because it's running
completely as a stand-alone machine. I just need the machine's local IP to
be:

172.16.0.3

So I can load a pre-defined license file onto it, and test a new software
package (MatLab, for those of you who are familiar with it) in a controlled,
non-production, environment.

David
 
David,

I think Marina was asking which screens you used (and what
options you picked) in trying to establish the static IP
address.

If you're seeing 127.0.0.1, you must be getting this from
running the program "ipconfig /all" at the Command
Prompt. All TCP/IP computers use this special IP address
for internal testing only (it's coded into the Windows
software).

The obvious question is this: did you go to "Network and
Dial Up Connections" in the Control Panel? And then open
the "Local Area Connection" found there .... look at it's
properties (right click and choose Properties).

When the Properties opens, highlight "Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) and click the Properties button.

Then click the radio button "Use the following IP address"
and then type in the desired static address (and put in
the corresponding subnet mask ... 255.255.255.0 is the
most common).

If you're way past me, and did this initially, but can't
get it to work, then I apologize for stating the obvious.
You will need an Ethernet (or some other kind of network
card) card physically installed in order to get the IP
address working -- it gets assigned to a network adapater.
 
Nah, you won't need WMP.
You just need to run the networkcable to a hub or another computer.

Marina
 
The thing is, that if you don't have a cable running, the networkadapter
won't take any IP. Even if you would try to set it yourself, it won't. It
has to have some connecton with another computer or hub.
However, there is a solution I just read somewhere and can't remember
exactly. It has got something to do with bypassing the networkcable
unplugged.

Marina
 
Take an RJ45 plug and connect pin 1 to pin 3, pin 2 to pin 6, plug it in and
Voila! HTH.
Louis
 
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