There's no reason, at consumer level, to force any change in that. Your router's DHCP server will have a 'pool' it selects its assignments from. Sometimes this will be the full range from Unless the router automatically removes any static mapping from the remaining pool, then first ensure you can adjust that pool manually, to avoid potential conflict.
One way would be to reduce the pool to As Mikael already said, that leaves the 'easy numbers' for your common devices. No number is any "better" than any other, so just use memorable ones.
Indeed, keeping the numbering as simple as possible is the way to go. It may seem choosing a lower digit say Thus you can freely select which IP address to assign to your devices, as either IP address is just treated the same, nomatter higher or lower the value. Sign up to join this community.
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Ask Question. Asked 3 years, 5 months ago. Active 3 years, 5 months ago. Viewed 21k times. Improve this question. Jorge Luque. Jorge Luque Jorge Luque 5 5 gold badges 11 11 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges. Note that your router may work properly only in Your home network allows all of your various devices to receive instructions from the controller, and also to provide status updates and other information about what's going on in the system.
In a Control4 system, most network components need an IP address. Items on the Zigbee network, like switches and dimmers, thermostats and door locks, have their own network. Media players, touch screens, network-enabled televisions, networked receivers, speaker points and other connected devices all need to be connected to the network either via Ethernet or a wireless connection.
This is all done using IP Internet Protocol addressing. Static IP Addressing With static IP addressing, addresses are assigned manually, and have to be provisioned carefully so that each device has its own address—with no overlap. When you connect a new device, you would have to select the "manual" configuration option and enter in the IP address, the subnet mask, the default gateway and the DNS server s.
If you understood any of what I just said, you probably have the skills and knowledge necessary to manage static IP addresses on a home network. When DHCP is enabled, a new device connected to the network asks the DHCP server for an address, and the server assigns one from its pool of unused locations. The server itself tracks which addresses are used and which addresses are available, and keeps a record of which addresses have been assigned to the various devices. This ensures that addresses don't conflict with each other.
However, it also means that, if a device goes offline, when it reconnects it may not have the same IP address it had before. Since the default DHCP address range is between and , you'll want to avoid all of the addresses between There are potentially millions of locations that might have the same pool of internal IP addresses as your business. It doesn't negatively affect your addressing scheme, as they are only used within their own private network, and hence, there is no conflict.
There are special configurations that can be done, but there are some standard things to keep in mind. In order for the devices in the network to communicate with each other, they should all follow the same pattern as the other devices. They should also be on the same subnet, which is the organizational method within the IP addressing scheme.
Each IP address must also be unique. You should never see any of these addresses in this pattern as a public IP address, as they are reserved for private LAN addresses only. All of these devices send data through a default gateway a router to move data out to the Internet. When the default gateway receives the information, it needs to do Network Address Translation NAT , which encapsulates the IP address to be publicly facing.
Since anything going out across the Internet needs a public IP address, this encapsulation ensures the data can find its way back to the requestor.
Manually assigning IP addresses can be a secure method of IP addressing, being a manual process, there are network scaling issues that can occur. This pool of available IP address can change over time as addresses are assigned or abandoned.
You can configure the internal IP address to stay the same by configuring static DHCP on the router or assign a static IP address on the device itself. From that point forward, that device will keep the same IP address unless manually changed or if the router is reset to factory default.
Many companies pay for this service so their employees and customers have a more reliable connection to their servers web, mail, VPN, etc. Some small businesses can leave all their IP addresses dynamic. With DHCP, devices can be added or removed without any issues.
DHCP assigns each device a local IP address that is unique from all others and in the same subnet so there are no conflicts and they can all communicate with each other. This article gives the reader general information about static IP addresses and some recommended best practices when using Cisco Business hardware.
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