Static ip address for Vista network
Setting a static ip for your vista machine is a real simple task. The first thing you must do to set a static ip address for you microsoft vista pc is go to your control panel and click on network and sharing center icon. Once you click on the Network and Sharing Center icon you should have a window that resembles the one below, you need to click on the Manage network connections located under Tasks on the left side of the screen.
After you have clicked on Manage network connections you should have a window that looks like the one below. **Note - You might have more then one connections under this window, all you have to worry about is selecting the right network connection that you will be using. (Example - Ethernet , wifi.) Once you have located the adapter that you will be using. right click on the network adapter connection, and click properties.
Once the Local Area Connection Properties window opens, select the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IP) as seen below and click on the properties button.
Inside the Internet Protocol Version 4 properties window, you will set your static ip address for your pc. In my example I am using the following:
Ip address: 192.168.10.200
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.10.1
Preferred DNS server: 192.168.10.1
Alternate DNS server: 192.168.1.254
You can also use the following DNS server addresses provide by Opendns.com, to improve you internet browsing speed.
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
