Hi, I have the following setup in my small LAN. 1.Windows Server 2003 connected to Router using CAT 5 cable 2.Windows XP Client connected to Router using CAT 5 cable 3.TWO Windows 98 SE Laptops connected to Router using NetGear 802.11b PCMCIA wireless adapter 4.ADSL Cable Modem connected to WAN Port of Broadband Router.(NetGear Cable/DSL Wireless Broadband Router - with 1 WAN Port & 4 LAN Ports) 5.Using PPPoE with username/password to connect to ISP using Router. 6.Configured DHCP server on router. 7.All clients configured with NO IP Address & NO DNS & NO Gateway. 8.All clients able to access Internet & Email. Now I want to enable the static IP to router and my windows 2003 server. With this current setup shall i give static IP for the server ? If can, how should i configure the modem and server to have static IP? Otherwise should i need to go for some other configuration ? Please advise me how to solve this issue ..

i assume when talking about static ip you are talking about the ip address from your isp? if so then just configure your router and leave the rest of the setup as is.

Follow up! I assume the purpose of assigning a static ip address is to allow remote access to computers on your internal network. In your case it sound like the server. This could be for pc-anywhere, terminal services etc. If this is the case, then you want to receive the static public address your isp provides to the WAN side of the router. Then using your DHCP setting, typically 192.168.0.100 - 192.168.0.X, you assign the server a static LAN ip address of something like 192.168.0.1 and use the port forwarding option on the router to open the specific ports for the application requested. Example would be to port forward tcp/udp ports 5631 & 5632 to be forwarded to the 192.168.0.1 address of the server for you could pc-anywhere remotely to your server. Hope this helps.