# Hello fellow laser wizards

**URL:** <https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/hello-fellow-laser-wizards/139052>\
**Category:** Community Laser Talk\
**Tags:** ruida, omtech\
**Created:** [May 15, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/hello-fellow-laser-wizards/139052 "2024-05-15T12:13:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Vass](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/dec6dc/32.png) [@Vass](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/Vass)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:22pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/hello-fellow-laser-wizards/139052/41 "2024-05-19T12:22:41Z")

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A static address would be perfect… Just set that to something high to stop anything strange happening.

Another issue can be security appliances - firewalls, etc - they often stop unknown devices from connecting

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**Author:** ![jkwilborn](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/jkwilborn/32/63089_2.png) [@jkwilborn](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/jkwilborn)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:24pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/hello-fellow-laser-wizards/139052/42 "2024-05-19T12:24:41Z")

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The Ruida is a static device and it only talks UDP/IP, so the only option is static.

😸

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**Author:** ![berainlb](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@berainlb](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/berainlb)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/hello-fellow-laser-wizards/139052/43 "2024-05-19T12:57:30Z")

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OP’s router offers nearly no configurability so none of those are options.

This is the manual for his router:  
[Spectrum AC WiFi Router User Guide v1 10 11 2019.pdf (d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net)](https://d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/Spectrum%20AC%20WiFi%20Router%20User%20Guide%20v1%2010%2011%202019.pdf)

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**Author:** ![jkwilborn](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/jkwilborn/32/63089_2.png) [@jkwilborn](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/jkwilborn)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/hello-fellow-laser-wizards/139052/44 "2024-05-19T13:34:49Z")

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> **[How to manually assign and Reserve a LAN IP address?](https://community.spectrum.net/discussion/173669/how-to-manually-assign-and-reserve-a-lan-ip-address)**
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> I have gone through Technical Support, and they could not help me on this. (TLDR:

In the end, their answer was for the user to purchase there own router.

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**Author:** ![rmandl7660](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/user_avatar/forum.lightburnsoftware.com/rmandl7660/32/106555_2.png) [@rmandl7660](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/u/rmandl7660)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.lightburnsoftware.com/t/hello-fellow-laser-wizards/139052/45 "2024-05-21T22:45:53Z")

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I really want to thank each and everyone who worked so hard to help me in this. [berainlb]  
your direction helped so much I was able to track down the problem with the cable companys router then I reassigned my ip for my laser and voila BACK UP AND RUNNING REPLACE THE ROUTER TOO.  
BOB

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