Problem with setting up a static IP

[Samus Aran]

Before you ask, I'm doing it so that I'll be able to do some port forwarding to make it so that uTorrent isn't so goddamn sluggish. I can't even pick up any seeders half the time.

Here's the problem...with Windows, when picking a specific IP to use, it asks you for more than that, right? Under the TCP/IP Properties of a connection (mine happens to be a wireless one through a router), if you choose to select a specific IP, it will ask for...

IP
Subnet mask
Default gateway
Preferred DNS server
Alternate DNS server

Now, I know how to find those. The catch? My CMD only gave me one DNS server option. Windows demands that you have a different alternate, but it won't give me one.

How can I get around this problem? CMD's ipconfig /all refuses to give me but one DNS server and I fucking need that alternate...or no static IP.

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don't you have to pay for that

[Samus Aran]

don't you have to pay for that

Uh...no? I've never heard of paying to set a specific IP for your connection.

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Uh...no? I've never heard of paying to set a specific IP for your connection.

Quoth "http://searchwindevelopment.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid8_gci520967,00.html";:
A static IP address is a number (in the form of a dotted quad) that is assigned to a computer by an Internet service provider (ISP) to be its permanent address on the Internet. It would be simple if every computer that connects to the Internet could have its own static IP number, but when the Internet was first conceived, the architects didn't foresee the need for an unlimited number of IP addresses. Consequently, there are not enough IP numbers to go around. To get around that problem, many Internet service providers limit the number of static IP addresses...

[Samus Aran]

Okay, but the difference is that I'm setting it myself, not having my ISP configure a permanent static IP for me. 

Regardless, the tutorial I'm using mentions nothing about paying and it seems that if only I was given to DNS servers like I should have been given then I would be in the clear.

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Okay, but the difference is that I'm setting it myself, not having my ISP configure a permanent static IP for me. 

Regardless, the tutorial I'm using mentions nothing about paying and it seems that if only I was given to DNS servers like I should have been given then I would be in the clear.

Usually, you have to pay to obtain a static IP. Check with your online service provider.

[guff]

Okay, but the difference is that I'm setting it myself, not having my ISP configure a permanent static IP for me. 

but unless you pay for the service then your isp will keep automatically assigning you whatever ip they want to

[Samus Aran]

Fuck. 

Okay, new plan. Even though the tutorial says I should really use a static IP when port forwarding, couldn't I theoretically just use the IP that they've assigned me? The static IP would only make a difference if I were in a situation where my IP would change...but it hasn't changed at my current location and probably won't for a long time...unless the power goes out, in which case I'd have to do all this over again, but I think it's worth it for now.

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give us the magical tutorial

[Samus Aran]

give us the magical tutorial

http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/WRT54G/Utorrent.htm

don't make fun of my lack of knowledge of port forwarding with routers

[guff]

http://www.portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/WRT54G/Utorrent.htm

don't make fun of my lack of knowledge of port forwarding with routers

uh well i'm sleep deprived and not as knowledgeable in this area as i should be but just skimming that article it kind of looks like that's only dealing with a local network not your actual internet connection i dunno i'm confused

[Samus Aran]

uh well i'm sleep deprived and not as knowledgeable in this area as i should be but just skimming that article it kind of looks like that's only dealing with a local network not your actual internet connection i dunno i'm confused

I'm confused too. I just want uTorrent to not be so slow. :'(

[guff]

I'm confused too. I just want uTorrent to not be so slow. :'(

buy things

[Samus Aran]

buy things

No.

[guff]

No.

i know what a ridiculous idea hey wanna go steal a car