NIC Card Static IP problem

[lamar225]

My NIC card will not accept my static IP, I get the error message "all bits in the host address portion of the ip adress are set to 1. please enter a valid combination of ip address and subnet mask" what does this mean and how do i get my NIC to accept my static IP

 

[Freestone]

Post the IP address and subnet mask you are trying to assign to the NIC.

 

[lamar225]

WAN IP Address 74.229.145.3
Gateway IP Address 68.152.215.89
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.255
MAC Address 00:18:3a:5c:17:06
Primary DNS 205.152.132.23
Secondary DNS 205.152.37.23

 

[felixc]

There is is one address missing in your list.

You don't have just a "IP address" that looks like 192.68.0.1 ? this one would be the static address that you assign to the computer.

 

[Freestone]

A subnet mask of 255.255.255.255 is invalid as it leaves no room for a host address and is why you are receiving the error message you listed.

Where are you getting these IP addresses? Recheck with the source as the subnet mask has been listed incorrectly, at the very least.

 

[G0AOZ]

A NIC (Network Interface Card) wouldn't normally have a WAN address assigned to it. As felixc has suggested, what IP range is being used on your LAN? 10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x, etc., etc. The Gateway you've quoted doesn't look right either. How's your network hooking up to the Internet? Router? Cable modem?

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[Freestone]

lamar225 - felixc and G0AOZ bring up good points. We all can provide better help if you list the layout of your PC to WAN layout, i.e. PC -> Cable Router -> Cable Modem, or ???

Assuming lamar225 is using some kind of router then the addresses of 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x come into play. My guess is a direct connect, though how the Gateway and WAN IPs are related I can't guess, other than belonging to BellSouth.net Inc. (and all IPs listed are pingable).

 

[G0AOZ]

Good point about the mask Freestone! I missed that one...

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[lamar225]

Yea I am using bellsouth dsl and a linksys router, the above info is my wan info are you guys saying that my NIC should be set up with the IP config info?

 

[G0AOZ]

I'd expect the Linksys router by default to have DHCP enabled, which if that's the case means your NIC can be set to "Obtain an IP Address automatically", and "Obtain DNS server addresses automatically".

Being in the UK I've no idea if Bellsouth is cable DSL, but if it is you'll probably have a cable modem which has a LAN IP of perhaps 192.168.1.1 ?? The Linksys WAN should be set to the cable modem's LAN IP, and the rest is probably ok left at default.

Hope that helps...

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[Freestone]

The WAN side of your Linksys router should be connected to your DSL modem and receive its IP information from your provider. On the LAN side, as Roger mentioned, the Linksys should be configured by default as a DHCP server and will assign addresses to your PC(s). Set your PCs NIC TCP/IP properties as Roger posted above.

 

[felixc]

I have always seen the subnet mask set at 255.255.255.0 in the manually set PC that I've worked with. Can you try it?

 

[burtsbees]

An all 1's subnet mask is a host address, and only works in certain situations on a ppp link. The mask cannot be any higher than 255.255.255.252 for what you are trying to do---also, everyone is right about the address info you posted---that is all on your WAN side. The 255.255.255.255 mask is the host address of your router, and it is indeed a ppp link (PPPoE or PPPoA), and the IP address of your LAN side computers need to be a private RFC1918 IP address.

Burt