How to Remember Each IP

If you ever were interested in a networking project - you know how messy your local network can be. With a lot of devices connected to the same router, dynamic DHCP settings - it can be a real challenge to figure out what is what.

Not any more!

Here is how to organise your network in 3 simple steps:

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You can be creative with this!

Log in to your router and look for DHCP reservation settings. To add a device - some routers will require the device to be offline.

• Desktop 192.168.0. (1-9)
• Laptop 192.168.0. (10-19)
• Mobile 192.168.0. (20-29)
• Tablet 192.168.0. (30-39) etc..

Last range will represent slots available to be taken, if you are planning on having more than 10 people on the network you may want to be little more creative:)

Let’s say you have 3 people living in one household, each of them has few devices:

• Person A ID: 01
• Person B ID: 02
• Person C ID: 03

If you have more people you probably know what to do. If number of people on the network is greater than 10 - swap this step with the previous one!

For each device made an reservation based on formula:

192.168.0.(device type)+(personal ID)

So a laptop that belongs to person B will have:

192.168.0.(10-19)+(2) = 192.168.0.12

Assign personal IDs to accommodate for multiple devices and list them in accordance to how important they are (to you):

Person B: IDs 02,03

Person C: IDs 04

192.168.0.(10-19)+(2) = 192.168.0.12 important laptop

192.168.0.(10-19)+(3) = 192.168.0.13 less important one

PROFIT!!