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As someone previously stated you should have a place within the DHCP scope to enter static reservations. Ping the IP address of the DVR and do a arp -a to get the MAC of the DVR. (There should also be a MAC address stamped somewhere on the device). Put the MAC in the scope. Then you can do a 1-to-1 NAT based on layer 4 information.

Greg

The Westell 6000 does not have the ability to set up DHCP reservations. You can configure it to be a dumb pass-thru device and use a higher-end router behind it, but for the typical residence that is probably overkill.

I would set the static address OUTSIDE the range. Leave everything else alone. Make sure that your Linksys switch is in fact a switch and not a router. No other devices can have DHCP enabled.

And to answer someones previous question as to why you would set the static address outside of the addresses given to the router to use as DHCP addresses is this: If the static IP is set to a number that the router will not be handing out, then no other device or computer will get that address from the router, thus leaving the assigned address for the static ip always available to it. The computers being dynamic ip addresses would not make a difference in this case since the link to the DVR is the only thing needing to stay consistent for the computers to access it freely every time without changing settings. Hope that makes sense.....

everyone, thanks for all teh help, I now have the static IP address set up on the DVR, it is working great. My next step will be opening up the ports on the router to allow my remote access via the web..you may be getting a new thread shortly..thanks again