After installing my new router - which went pretty easily ... I decided to jot down all the IP addies for all 'items' that are connected within my Network.
a few days ago - I noticed my new WiFi printer was not 'doing it's thing' and i could no longer print from any laptop.
So i attempted to access it thru the 192.186 thing.... the IP did not work.
So i kept digging around and found the printer no longer had an IP.... long story longer...
I spent some time on the phone today with "Brother" to get it back up and running because the sheet i used to "set up' before... well, it wasn't working this time.
so -- we got the IP set and everything is working again... while i was still on the phone, i was mumbling and jotting down the IP addies, and the gal said.... "OH, they will change. This happens often."
Stepping back a bit to my setting up the printer again... what the gal had me do was.... go into Printer Preferences | Port .. then Add A Port.
She had me use the IP address of the printer as a new port.... so obviously, it could be found.
So, now my question....
If IP addresses get changed all the time, and with my printer set to 192.168.1.5 -- if it changes to something else, will my laptops be able to find it because they are set to look for 192.168.1.5
OR -- since it was set to that, is it now static??
I guess I just don't understand this ever changing IP thing.
