MAC addresses are permanently assigned by the device manufacturer to identify your machine from others and are designed not to be modified. Your device’s MAC address is sometimes confused for the IP address even though both are used to identify your device on the internet, but there are some major differences.
You can assign the LAA to your network device and it will override the address assigned by the manufacturer. Save your changes, and repeat the process for any other IP addresses you want to reserve.įrom then on, those devices should have your reserved IP addresses assigned to them, and you will never have to look them up again.The UAA is the more popular type, which is assigned by the device manufacturer, while the LAA changes your adapter’s MAC address. On your router's config page, enter an easy-to-remember label for the device (like "Whitson's Desktop PC"), the MAC address, and your desired IP address. Make sure you're getting the MAC address for the correct network adapter-if you have both Ethernet and Wi-Fi on your computer, you have one MAC address for each. This is a unique string of characters that identifies a particular network adapter, and you can usually find it in your router's list of connected devices. To assign a reservation, you need the MAC address of the device in question. On my Asus router, for instance, it's in the LAN settings category. The location is different for every config page, but you're looking for something called "DHCP reservations," "static IP addresses," or similar. (For mesh Wi-Fi systems, you would use an app instead of a config page.) You must then head to your router's configuration page-usually by typing its IP address in your browser's navigation bar-and log in.
To set up a DHCP reservation, you need to know your IP address, which is easy enough to find out.
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