Subject: Re: KPA1500 - Static IPv4 address

[Elecraft mailing list]

A better way, perhaps...

Leave DHCP enabled in the PA and any other equipment, but make a written
note of the PA's LAN port MAC address.  (And that of any other LAN
connected device you have.)

In your router (or other DHCP providing gadget) look in it's setup for
"address reservation" or similar menu item (or RTFM to find it)

In there you can usually identify all currently connected devices, if
not by name (if the device reports that) but by MAC address, and you can
then tell the router (or whatever) to always assign the same IP address
to that MAC address.

(If the device is not connected, then that IP address is not assigned to
anything else, as it is reserved for that MAC address alone.)

In your PC (whatever type) you can also edit the "hosts file" to assign
a known IP address to a "name", making things even easier.   Lot's on
the interweb about that.  (On Windows, you will need Admin rights to
write to/save that file, on Mac/Linux you'll need Root privileges, so
take care.   Make a pre-edit backup, just in case!)

Job done.

I (and many others) do this, for such items as NAS servers, dedicated
special purpose PC's, printers, other servers, Raspbery Pi's (used as
VPN endpoints) IoT and and LAN to Serial port devices.   It all "just
works" seamlessly.

But, do keep written notes as to what you did, as you will need that
sometime in the future.

Hint!  If you don't want to mess with your ISP's supplied router, there
is nothing whatsoever preventing you from using something like the old
Linksys routers as dedicated "Shack" routers, that you have 100% full
control of.  If at some point your ISP changes, nothing in the shack
needs to change, as that box is just another device on the new router's
LAN side.

Many pre-used domestic routers can be used for this sort of thing, and
just about all commercial SoHo routers too.  Especially those that can
take the WAN side by a network port, not just cable or xDSL.

Lastly, I don't know what Elecraft use for their LAN ports, but if they
are the common Lantronix embedded devices, then Lantronix have a "device
installer" program, that will reach out find and identify the IP address
of all such devices on your LAN.  You'll still need to know the device's
MAC address though.  Find it on their website. (Google will tell you where.)

That's a Windows tool, there are other (somewhat advanced) ways of doing
the same from Linux, I have no knowledge of if that can be done with a Mac.

73.

Dave G0WBX.



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> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA1500 - Static IPv4 address

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