Question : USR8054 Router, get winxp pro to be assigned a static ip

I just upgraded my internet package to be static ip rather than dynamic.   I'm trying to host Teamspeak on my second computer, which is wirelessly connected to the USRobotics router.   My main computer is wired to the router.   The tech's talked me through setting up the router to read my static ip's over PPPOE, and that part is fine.  When I asked them how to run the Teamspeak, they said I had to assign a static ip on winxp on that machine, and have the router point to it, and he said to pick a static IP outside the range of the assigned ip's the router is set for.

Ok, all that having been said.   I tried going into windows/networking/localconnection.   I went to the section that you can pick either obtaining ip automatically or put in your own.   Here's where my problems start.   I'm not sure what subnet mask or dns to use, so I used the same ones that are in the setup of the router itself, then picked a unique ip for windows, same first 3 sets of numbers as the ones the router will assign, changing the last set.   Well, that killed my connection to the router.

I'm totally new to this sort of thing, but have tried reading articles on the net (continuing to do so now) to find the answers myself, because I'm sure there are more important people that need harder answers, so avoid asking for help.   But I am stumped, and sure could use a hand.   The wireless card on the machine is the Wireless G that came with the router.   I think the lan card in my main computer is the one on the motherboard, Nforce 2, but the Nforce 2 card is not the machine I'm trying to set up.

Thanks ahead of time to anyone that considers a solution to this problem.

Answer : USR8054 Router, get winxp pro to be assigned a static ip

Ok.  Really the only thing you should have to be aware of is that you're not using the same IP address as anything else.  subnetmask & dns should be the same.  Subnet mask defines your network.  so if your router is 192.168.1.1 and the mask is 255.255.255.0 you could use 192.168.1.x where x is any number between 1 and 254.  let me know how it goes.  then you just have to forward the teamspeak to the same IP address and your server should work.  you should use the static IP, otherwise your teamspeak might stop working and you won't be sure why.  it's possible on your small network that you'll always get the same IP...but if for some reason you are assigned a different IP you'd have to reconfigure the port forwarding.