DHCP IP Address reservation or Assignments in your router will be a bit odd looking in most home routers, but once you find it very simple. This will still vary based on device but an example can be found here. https://www.linksys.com/us/support-article?articleNum=135673 On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 8:21 PM Joe Lowder wrote: > I still need help to solve this problem: > > I recently wrote this: > > For many months, I have been using rsync to copy files > > from one of my computers to two others, and it has worked flawlessly. But > > today, it quit working and I cannot figure out why and how to correct the > > problem. Below is the error message I now see: > > > > ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.4 port 22: No route to host > > rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender] > > rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [sender=3.1.0] > > > > What do I need to do to correct this problem? > > One reply said, "Can you ping it?" > > Yes, I can, ping the device ip address. Also did these 2 commands: > d: arp -an > ? (192.168.0.19) at c4:1c:ff:30:c5:9c [ether] on wlan0 > ? (192.168.0.7) at 10:0b:a9:9a:99:a8 [ether] on wlan0 > ? (192.168.0.1) at 52:b9:e5:c9:b9:cc [ether] on wlan0 > d: ip neighbor > 192.168.0.19 dev wlan0 lladdr c4:1c:ff:30:c5:9c REACHABLE > 192.168.0.7 dev wlan0 lladdr 10:0b:a9:9a:99:a8 STALE > 192.168.0.1 dev wlan0 lladdr 52:b9:e5:c9:b9:cc DELAY > > But I don't know what to do with the results. > > Another reply suggested: > > So: Go to the target machine and find out what its > > IP and MAC are--"/sbin/ifconfig" from the command line > > will show that info. Then set up your router such that > > it will always give out 192.168.0.4 to that MAC. > > But I don't know how to set my router so that it will > always give out 192.168.0.4 to that MAC. > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen