This has been happening recently and I think it follows Win11 update to 24H2 but essentialy my PC IP seems to change everytime I boot it up. It used to a solid 192.168.1.1 but now it oscilates between 192.168.1.20 and 24. Volumio gets its files from this PC, so everytime it changes it loses its network drive.
I know close to 0 about networks so can anyone give me a help here?
Usually it’s just as simple as logging in to your router/modem and reserve a IP address for the PC. Then it will not change anymore…
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So the IP is atributed by the router? It’s not a PC thing?
In case of DHCP serving the addresses, yes. And DHCP is the default method, if you did not change the setting of a router.
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go to the admin page of your router and assign your PC’s MAC address to an fixed ip. When doing this the PC will always get the same IP.
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Thanks guys and sorry for not giving an update sooner… life and stuff. I tried doing that but turns out the router form my IP has very limited configurations and has to be done through their webpage etc. They claim it’s because of European data protection laws but that’s porbably nonsense. I had to ask around on national forums how to even try to configure it.
Anyway, I think I ended up not changing anything, just identifying my PC as a PC which was listed as an unknown device connected to the router. I don’t know if it was that or a windows update that came in this week, but the IP is no longer changing.
I’m very suspicious that this issue got resolved as I couldn’t pinpoint the origin and I’m not sure what I did or didn’t do to resolve it. I will be keeping an eye on this and probably getting a better router as aparently it is possible to have the one the internet provider issues just as a modem connected to a more manageable router. Hate to pay for something that a company then treats as their own stuff and doesn’t let you do anything with it.
I’ll mark this thread as solved and if the same thing happens again, I hope that at least then I can ask for help in more elaborate way. Thanks again for the help!
Far simpler to go into the Windows control panel, and the networking and set the desired IP address there, turning off DHCP.
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Thanks for that as it turns out I can’t change it in the router, they don’t let me do it.
Crazy sucky router and it is absolutely nothing to do with data protection. So turn off DHCP on your Windows PC, set your IP address correctly (and you netmask and default gateway) and you’re good to go
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