I am not sure as what to do with static IPS from the isp, I am also using a dlink 624 router as this is what I was told I had to use. I am a little confused as I am not a network guru yet. I have 2 personal computers, 1 more for my business, and 1 IP camera which all was fine till I was told to use a router from my isp support. Now with the 5 static ip addresses I was issued this is becoming a little to much to grasp. Is there anyone that could have some input on this or links to help? I don't really have the time during dlinks support hours of operation as I am in Canada

You have not given much to work with but I'll bite.....your application of the router will be much different than most.  In the simplest of terms, most people get a router so they can connect multiple computers to a single IP address.  The router acts as DHCP server assigning an internal (or private aka 192.168.x.x.) IP address to each device connected to the router (wired or wireless).

In your case you will not need to use the routers DHCP function.  You will however need to setup the beast and that is the trick.

I am concerned about a couple of things.  Why do you think that you need 5 static IP addresses.  In most cases they are not cheap (at least $10 per month per).  I know you have a camera and some other devices but with some creative configuring you can punch holes in that router and pass the appropriate traffic to the right device with only one IP.  It also depends on the make and model of your router and how flexible it is.

Hows about some more information about your desired applications and with a little luck we can give you a better idea of what to do.

The idea of static IPs is kinda of a thing of the past in the consumer world.  Like just about everyone has said, with DHCP on routers most providors provide 1 IP, normally dynamic, per customer.   

A few things about static IPs first.   Static means it doesnt change.  This has it advantages and its disadvantages.  First if you are going to host anytype of server or service on the internet having a Static IP makes it about 300% easier.   Second, since it never changes it does leave you open to DoS attacks and other little fun exploits that some people run.

Now for a solution.  This depends on what you want to do.  There are two things to consider:

1) Security-  Since you are have static IPs they are never going to change.  Which means that if you have spyware or your computer become a portal for hackers, it is that much harder to get rid of.   In comes the router.  I believe that the ISP recommened this for your safety and your computer well being.  What the router is going to do is filter out about 99% of all request that come from the internet looking for ports that are open on the computers themselves.   Of course the router can only be so effictive.. I would still recommend installing local firewalls, software such as zonealarm, to protect incase something does get throught the router.

2) Easy of setup- The other thing that you need to consider is how easy it is to maintain.   If you are going to use an IP camera the most important thing about using a device like that is to make sure that IP stays the same.   Either way you are going to have to assign a static IP address for the camera so that the firewall rules go through the router correctly.   This also means that you are going to have to open ports for the camera to be acessable over the internet.

Since you already have 5 static IP addresses I would recommend keeping the router.   I have one of many solutions that you could use.  You could also disable DHCP but then you would loose some of the secuity of a router.

my guess is that it is some type of business package.. it seems that most of the Big Pipe's business deals have static ips so that you can run servers off of them.

Thankyou all for your input as this is far better support than service providers can give.
My hardware as it stands is dynex switch, DI-624 dlink router, and DI-704up dlink router. Linking together at the first building where the internet is a wireless or Motorola Canopy 900MHz subscriber module, this is connected to the Switch that is connected to the DI-624. also from the switch is Cat5 cable to the 2nd building where I have the DI-704up connecting the home computers, printers. The DI-624 has 2 Business Computers and an IP camera. The diagram of swimmers is very close for the first building, and I could connect the camera to the switch. I am on a medium business package with xplornet and this includes 5 static ips. the subnet mask is 255.255.255.224 and the static are all in order xxx.xxx.xxx.xx1 through 5

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