Log into your netgear and see if there is a way to administrate your DHCP scope. That is, the range of IP addresses that DHCP will dole out upon quest. Assuming it is a Class C IP range, we'll go with 192.168.0.* to 192.168.0.*. Make the range something like 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.200. Then set your server to have a static ip of 192.168.0.<either less than 100 or greater than 200>. Then your server remains on the same network and viewable to all hosts that get a DHCP lease, while never having it's IP address given away, causing duplicate IP problems.
Worst case scenario, you cant change the DHCP scope. You should still be able to see a list of DHCP clients. See if the Netgear typically assigns the 4th octet low or high (if most addresses are 192.168.0.1-50, or 200-250, etc) and assign your server to the other end of the spectrum. If you run into dupe problems, check your Netgear and see if it gave out your servers address, and make that client fetch another address.
There are also a host of other things that you'll want to do as well, but since you're doing this for a learning experience, I'll let you figure those out as you go and not bombard you potential "advice". Holla back, though, if you need.
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08-23-2013, 02:27 PM
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