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A.6. I can't access SMS on my DHCP network. SMS won't autoconfigure it's IP address. What's wrong?
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A.6. I can't access SMS on my DHCP network. SMS won't autoconfigure
it's IP address. What's wrong?
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A.6. I can't access SMS on my DHCP network. SMS
won't autoconfigure it's IP address. What's wrong?
SMS will not automatically configure it's IP address from a DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) server, such as the DHCP server normally found running in wireless
access points etc. SMS requires a static (or manual) IP address, set in
mc0:/SYS-CONF/IPCONFIG.DAT, (see Section 2.6.1, “
Network Configuration ”).
This does not mean that you need to disable DHCP and make your whole network run on
static IP addresses. All you need to do is check the configuration of the DHCP server, and
manually set your PS2 IP address to be compatible. Most DHCP servers will have a range
of IP addresses that they will assign to DHCP clients (for example, my linksys WRT54G
access point assigns IP addresses from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.254)
As long as you set your PS2 IP address outside of this range (e.g. 192.168.1.22), then
SMS will run happily alongside your DHCP clients. You may need to adjust your DHCP
settings by changing the start IP address if there is not already a range you can use.
Of course you need to make sure that the IP address you use is not used by any other
nodes on your network (such as PCs, other PS2s, or the access point itself), and the PS2
must be on the same subnet (i.e. the first 3 numbers of the IP address must be the same
as other nodes on your network).
Tip
If you are not sure whether you've got a DHCP server or not, go to
a command prompt, and type ipconfig /all. If you see a
DHCP server listed with an IP address, then it means you have
got a DHCP server running. You can usually access the
configuration settings of access points by typing the access point
IP address into a web browser.
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