[PD] [OT] Portable webserver with static IP

[Iain Mott]

Hi,

I have a netgear router and it's possible to reserve a particular IP for
a given MAC address. To find the MAC address of the card type in a
terminal "sudo ifconfig". It should show a listing for the ethernet port
or wireless adapter if you're using one. Look for the "HW address" (or
something similar) and this is your MAC address.

Hopefully with this information in hand, your router's configuration
page (with the netgear this is accessed via a web browser) will give you
the option of reserving an IP for the MAC address via DHCP. On the
netgear this config is done under the heading "IP Configuration of LAN".

cheers,

iain



Em Seg, 2012-09-10 às 16:41 +0200, Pierre Massat escreveu:
> Dear Pd-Listers,
> 
> Sorry this obviously OT question.
> 
> I'm trying to use my Raspberry Pi (yes I know, i'm also beginning to
> get fed up with its apparent ubiquity...) as by portable webserver. By
> portable I mean that i could carry it with me and plug it into any
> home router and make it accessible to every machine in the local
> network. 
> 
> The obvious problem i'm currently faced with is that of the IP given
> by the router to the RPi. I think it's possible to configure the RPi
> to have a static IP, but I have no idea how "portable" this solution
> is. Say, if I configured my RPi to alsways show up as 192.168.0.255,
> would this address work with every home router?
> Another option, perhaps : use the unique MAC address of my RPi ? I
> have no clue whether it is possible at all to connect to a local
> webserver using the MAC of its host.
> 
> Any clue is more than welcome, i know practically nothing about
> networks.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Pierre.
> 
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