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Re: Ip address keeps changing

2015-11-29T09:36:12Z

Hi folks Thanks for your replies I have gone for the host name method
That way I don't have to keep searching for the address.
Cheers
Bill

Re: Ip address keeps changing

2015-11-29T07:11:51Z

have you tried just typing in http://raspberrypi/ ?
it should auto-redirect you to whatever the ip address currently is.
This assumes you only have 1 raspberry pi on your network. if you have multiple pi's, you should follow these instructions:
http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/0 … -hostname/

maybe consider changing the hostname to something like atlas3dscanner
then you would enter http://atlas3dscanner/ to get to it instead.

Re: Ip address keeps changing

2015-11-28T22:53:40Z

Hi Bill,
I can only speak to this problem in general terms. If a device is using DHCP to get its IP address then yes it can change every time that it is power cycled. This can be changed by setting up a static IP for the device. Typically in a household environment that has a wireless router devices get their IP address from the router via DHCP unless both the router and the device have been configured to use a static IP address for that device. As always Google is your friend.

The specifics for the RPi are here:
http://www.modmypi.com/blog/tutorial-ho … ip-address

Re: Ip address keeps changing

2015-11-28T17:34:02Z

Yes, if you are using dhcp - which you almost certainly are. Some of the more modern routers assign the same ip to the same hardware address when they can, but it's not guaranteed.

You may - depending on your router - be able to assign a permanent ip address.

Ip address keeps changing

2015-11-28T13:15:23Z

Hi it it normal for an IP address to change
At the beginning of the week it was 192.168.1.64 and then every two days it went up one eg, 65 then 66 then 67 then 68 but today it is back to 64
Although not a real problem now I know but can it be set not to change

Bill