Does my Applianz System need to have a static IP address?
It is recommended that your Applianz System have a static internal IP Address for your local network, because if your DHCP server ever assigns a different IP Address to the Applianz System it can affect remote access. It is important that the static IP address you use is outside of the DHCP range that your router assigns, and the static IP Address that you choose is not currently in use. For example, if your router assigns DHCP addresses starting at 192.168.1.100, then you will want to choose and IP address below 192.168.1.100. Then, you can open Command Prompt (Start->Run->cmd) on your computer and use ping to determine if an IP Address is already in use. For example, to determine if 192.168.1.10 is already in use by another computer type “ping 192.168.1.10” at the command prompt. If the address is in use then ping will return the time it took for the system to respond, otherwise the ping will time out. It is not necessary for you to have a static external IP address, the IP address a
