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Setting a Static IP on Windows

Note

This guide was made using Windows 11 Pro. Your screens may vary from these screenshots, depending on what version of Windows you are using.

  1. Open your Settings app from the Start menu, and select Network & internet in the left column.

  2. From the Network and internet settings screen, ensure Wi-Fi is turned on, and the click on the Wi-Fi block to enter WiFi settings.

  3. Click on Show Available Networks to view all available WiFi networks, and connect to the sound or lighting control network.

  4. Click on [Network Name] properties to change the settings for that specific network.

  5. Set the Network profile type to Private network.

  6. Scroll down to IP assignment and click on Edit.

  7. In the Edit network IP settings, click on the dropdown menu and choose Manual.

  8. Turn On the slider for IPv4. (IPv6 can remain turned off.)

  9. Set a manual IP address in the proper range of your equipment (typically for lighting systems, this IP address is going to start with 10.101.125.xxx, but you can check the IP address of your lighting or sound console, and set the IP to be in the same range - the first two sets of numbers should be the same, and the third set of numbers will typically be 125.)

    1. Warning

      If you are connecting multiple devices to the network (more than one iPad, phone, computer, etc, you must make sure that each device has a unique IP address. i.e., the last set of numbers must be unique for each device. If your first device is set to 10.101.125.101, then you could set additional devices to use IPs 10.101.125.102, .103, etc.)

  10. Set the Subnet Mask to 255.255.0.0.

  11. Leave Gateway and Preferred DNS blank, or leave the value that was already in the box.
  12. Click the Save button at the bottom.