Working with files on a remote computer

[Canaryguy]

Sometimes the routers will let you associate the IP address with a MAC address on your network adapter. Another way might be to increase the lease times so that the lease does not expire so soon.

How do I do that? From within the router's menu?

[Lars Noodén]

Yes, but exactly where or if it can be done varies from model to model. You'll have to work through the menus yourself to see if it does have those capabilities.

[Canaryguy]

I think I found it.
So, I just have to make the lease permanent, right? Does this suppose some security issue or something? I mean, making it permanent?

[rjf1]

Another possibility is to edit the Network Connection and assign one computer a fixed IP address of 192.168 ... X; and the other a fixed IP address of 192.168 ... Y

[Canaryguy]

Another possibility is to edit the Network Connection and assign one computer a fixed IP address of 192.168 ... X; and the other a fixed IP address of 192.168 ... Y

And how do you do it from the Network Connection?

[Lars Noodén]

And how do you do it from the Network Connection?

Dash->Network Connections->Edit Wired Connection->Method->Manual

You can also edit /etc/network/interfaces directly.

[Canaryguy]

Dash->Network Connections->Edit Wired Connection->Method->Manual

You can also edit /etc/network/interfaces directly.

So, from Network Connection I edit the wire or wireless and then go to IPv4 and IPv6 Settings and change them to manual. Then I have to add an Adress Netmask and Gateway. hmmm... is that right?

[Lars Noodén]

Yes. The end result is that you will have something like the following in /etc/network/interfaces

iface eth0 inet static
   address 192.168.222.24
   broadcast 192.168.222.255
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   gateway 192.168.222.1

Of course you want the values to match what you are using on your own network.

[Canaryguy]

Thank you for your help Lars and rjf1.

[Lars Noodén]

You're welcome.

As an afterthought, you might want to make the fixed IP numbers outside the range doled out by DHCP. That way you can avoid even the possibility of a collision.