{"id":11155,"date":"2018-05-31T14:38:37","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T18:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/?p=11155"},"modified":"2025-01-06T12:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-06T17:59:13","slug":"assign-static-ip-address-windows-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/11155\/assign-static-ip-address-windows-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Assign A Static IP Address To Your Windows Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You may need to connect your Room Alert Monitor directly to your Windows computer for troubleshooting purposes if you are experiencing one of the following issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your network is not DCHP-enabled, and you need to discover and then set a static IP on your Room Alert Monitor.<\/li>\n<li>You are having difficulty discovering your Room Alert Monitor and other advanced methods have not worked.<\/li>\n<li>You are having issues loading the Room Alert Monitor&#8217;s <em>Status<\/em> or <em>Settings<\/em> pages that other troubleshooting methods have not resolved.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before you connect your Room Alert directly to your computer, you&#8217;ll need to give the computer a static IP address. To do so, please follow these steps:<\/p>\n<p>1.&nbsp;Open the <em>Network and Sharing Center<\/em> on your computer.&nbsp;In Windows 10, you may open it by navigating to <strong>Start<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2192 <strong>Windows System<\/strong>\u2192&nbsp;<strong>Control Panel<\/strong>\u2192&nbsp;<strong>Network and Internet<\/strong>\u2192&nbsp;<strong>Network and Sharing Center<\/strong>. In earlier versions&nbsp;of Windows, the navigation will differ slightly.<\/p>\n<p>2. Select <strong>Change adapter settings<\/strong> from the links to the left of the <em>Network and Sharing Center<\/em> screen.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Change_adapter_settings.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10977\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Change_adapter_settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Change_adapter_settings.png 731w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Change_adapter_settings-300x78.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Right-click on your regular Ethernet connection and select <strong>Properties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Right_Click_Properties.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11172\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Right_Click_Properties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Right_Click_Properties.png 782w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Right_Click_Properties-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Right_Click_Properties-768x356.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Highlight <strong>Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP\/IPv4)<\/strong> by clicking on it once and then select <strong>Properties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Properties_IPv4_Properties.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11173\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Properties_IPv4_Properties.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Properties_IPv4_Properties.png 363w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Ethernet_Properties_IPv4_Properties-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. In the <em>Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP\/IPv4) Properties<\/em> dialog box, select <strong>Use the following IP address<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_IPv4_Properties_General.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11175\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_IPv4_Properties_General.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_IPv4_Properties_General.png 398w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_IPv4_Properties_General-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Enter an&nbsp;<em>IP Address<\/em> and <em>Subnet mask<\/em>&nbsp;for your computer. What you enter depends on how your Room Alert Monitor is configured. Please select one of the choices below for further instructions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-accordion su-u-trim\">\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"room_alert_on_dhcp\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>If your Room Alert is on DHCP (the default) . . .<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>&#8211; In <em>IP Address<\/em>, enter a 169.254.xxx.xxx address, such as 169.254.1.1.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In <em>Subnet<\/em> mask, enter 255.255.0.0.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You may leave the other choices either blank or at their original settings.&nbsp;When you are connecting a Room Alert directly to your computer, these other items are not used.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Then select <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Set_Static_IP_169_254_Range.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10873\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Set_Static_IP_169_254_Range.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Set_Static_IP_169_254_Range.png 400w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Set_Static_IP_169_254_Range-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"su-spoiler su-spoiler-style-default su-spoiler-icon-plus su-spoiler-closed\" data-anchor=\"room_alert_on_static_IP\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\" data-anchor-in-url=\"no\"><div class=\"su-spoiler-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"su-spoiler-icon\"><\/span>If your Room Alert has a static IP . . .<\/div><div class=\"su-spoiler-content su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\">\n<p>&#8211; In <em>IP Address<\/em>, enter an IP address within the range of your Room Alert Monitor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In <em>Subnet<\/em> mask, enter the same subnet mask that your Room Alert Monitor has.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">For example:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">If your Room Alert&#8217;s static IP address is 192.168.2.50 and its subnet mask is 255.255.255.0,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">you could enter 192.168.2.2 (IP) and 255.255.255.0 (subnet) for your computer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; You may leave the other choices either blank or at their original settings. When you are connecting a Room Alert directly to your computer, these other items are not used.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Then select <strong>OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Set_Static_IP_192_168_2_Range.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11176\" src=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Set_Static_IP_192_168_2_Range.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Set_Static_IP_192_168_2_Range.png 400w, https:\/\/avtech.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/PC_Set_Static_IP_192_168_2_Range-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may need to connect your Room Alert Monitor directly to your Windows computer for troubleshooting purposes if you are experiencing one of the following issues: Your network is not DCHP-enabled, and you need to discover and then set a static IP on your Room Alert Monitor. 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