setting dynamic/static ip address on wifi

[tsk1979]

For all of those people who say 'you don't need that...on my home network...' go play in a sandpit and let the grownups talk

Thanks for saying this out loud. Whenever I have asked for an ability to do something advanced, eg static ip, or file manager, or directly accessing files to send etc., there have been users jumping in saying "90%" of people would never need this functionality, so dont whine. I wonder why do people want to apologize or defend windows phone OS. Every OS has its drawbacks, and they are.. well.. drawbacks. For some we do not have any workaround, for some complicated workarounds exist.

Amber was a dissapointment, because most of stuff it did is eye candy etc., However, MS needs to make the OS less dumbed down and more smartphonish. The "Advanced settings" facility exists for a purpose. Normal users never need to go there, but for those of us who want to use the phone to its max, its good to have the ability to do so!

 

[Ryan Christopher Alaska]

i've been struggling with this for a few days now. ever since i got the phone. and i just would not accept that it was not possible. typical windows user mentality! LOL!
anyway, it is possible. if you have access to the wifi router you are connecting to.

set the router to DHCP server.
set the IP you want it to assign to connecting clients.
set the DNS address you want connecting clients to use.
set the router to serve as default gateway.

then delete your wifi connection on the phone. and reconnect to the router.
it will assign the IP you set as well as the DNS and default gateway!
you can verify the settings by holding down on the connection name and choosing edit.
if all went well, you can go back and change all the router settings to the way they were initially.
nothing will change on the phone and it will keep the custom settings, provided that the wifi router SSID does not change.
that would require a new connection to be stored on the phone with different settings.

BTW, i am using Lumia 900 on Billion ADSL/3G/WiFi router.
oh and i also agree with 1 of the posters above: if you're not answering the OP's question, then you're not helping.
if the OP wanted opinions on why/what/where/who he would ask as much. and that would probably be a whole other thread. heck, it probably is.
he didn't though. he just asked how. so answer that or don't answer at all yeah.

this instruction help me configure my router to connect to my windows phone...

 

[jwr51]

I can do this so easily on my PC, iPhone, and Nexus. Really disappointing that I have to use my iPhone as a hotspot to connect my Windows phone to the Internet. The group from whom I rent my office have set Static IP addressing as their way of doing things so unhelpful suggestions like "why would you want to do this" or "fire them" are just annoying.

 

[superdigua]

I can do this so easily on my PC, iPhone, and Nexus. Really disappointing that I have to use my iPhone as a hotspot to connect my Windows phone to the Internet. The group from whom I rent my office have set Static IP addressing as their way of doing things so unhelpful suggestions like "why would you want to do this" or "fire them" are just annoying.

Totally agree. This is sooooo annoying!

 

[Scotteb66]

Some business, such as the one I work at, have severely locked down networks and a static IP is required to use the network. Configuring exceptions and MAC addresses through two routers and a firewall is not doable. Simply adding a static IP which any Android or IPhone user can do is required. That's why.