Trying to set up a static and dynamic ip through the same router

[preciseknife]

ok so i have a linksys router(dhcp currently enabled) and i live with three other guys who all have laptops, including me, and i also have a desktop pc(connects wirelessly to the router). what i want to do is set it up so that my desktop in my room has a static ip and all the other laptops can still use the dhcp to have dynamic ips. i just dont know much about networks and would like some assistance in setting all this up. also how would changing my ip in windows affect my linux operating system(would i need to change it there too?).

thanks in advance for all the assistance.
-mack

[preciseknife]

bump anyone

[heyimjason]

This would best be accomplished through your computers.

Just open up your network connections, go to the properties of your connection, and choose to specify an IP address. Specify one that's within your router's IP range (if you don't know it, it should be listed in your router's config page).

The problem you may run into, though, is if you have a static AND dynamic IPs, they're eventually bound to conflict. For example - you set your static IP to something like 192.168.1.100. Your roomate is set for a dynamic IP. You reboot or turn off your computer for whatever reason. Your roommate, meanwhile, turns his on. The first available IP will be .100 as your machine is off or not connected at the moment. So he'll get your .100 IP. When you try to connect, your system doesn't look for the first available IP, it looks for the .100 that you told it to use.
*Meaning - you won't be able to connect as you're trying to use an IP that's already in use.

For the sake of port forwarding and just keeping things nice and tidy, I'd suggest assigning everybody in your residence and IP, and showing them how to set it as a static IP (and teach them how to change it back to dynamic in case they try to use their machines elsewhere).

If keeping a specific IP isn't really that important, just leave them all as dynamic.

And yes, do this on your Linux box as well. Do it on everything you own that's wireless, whether it be a wireless Tivo adapter, laptops, computers, or wireless video game adapters, as they need (and will take) an IP as well.