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[NY40Male]

This Computer That I'm Using Uses The Internals 192.168.0.5
How Can I Change This To Be Recognized As 192.168.0.2
Using Windows 2000 Also
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[phatrabt]

Couple of things...  Do you want to just use a static IP?  If you do, try the following:  you need to check in your router and see what range of IP's are configured for DHCP.  Once you find that, just change your computer's ip to a value outside of that range.  To change your IP on a Win2k box:

Get the following information off the router config:
DNS servers

R-click on My Network places and select Properties
R-Click on Local-Area Connection (Or whatever network card you have installed) and select properties.
Highlight TCP\IP and select Properties
change the radio button from Obtain Automatically to Use the Following
Put in the IP outside of the DHCP range, your subnet mask and your gateway.  These should be subnet mask=255.255.255.0 and default gateway=whatever your router IP address is (like 192.168.0.1).
Put in the DNS servers (that you got from the router)
You should be all set

phatrabt

[RemyJ]

The short answer is...

Open a command window and run "ipconfig /all".
If "DHCP Enabled" is YES, write down the default gateway address and DNS addresses.
Now "ping 192.168.0.2" and make sure it's not in use.

Open the properties dialog for the LAN entry in question.
Select "Internet Protocol" and open its properties dialog.
If "Obtain an IP address automatically" is selected ("DHCP Enabled" would have been yes), the entry fields will be grayed out, so select "Use the following IP address".
Enter the ip address you want, let the subnet mask default, and use the default gateway address you wrote earlier.
Enter the DNS addresses in the lower fields.
Save everything.
No need to reboot.

That was the "short" answer.

The long answer depends on...

What's the exact model of router
How many other computers are on your LAN?
How did you get the address you're using now?
Is the router functioning as a DHCP server?
Could the router hand out the .2 address to another computer?
Can you configure your router to NOT hand out the .2 address?
etc, etc.