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Yes, that is the way you do it on this model. You enter 192.168.x.x and then your password and then you can edit the options. From there you can only change your internal ip though, unless you have a static ip then you can enter it in manually... even then you 'should' be limited to the ip your isp provided you.Quote:
umm...Another thing you could try is tryping in your ip adress into your browers. Some routes give you the ability to edit thier options that way.
Oh..ok..I thought you had a static for some reason. Sorry
you are stuck with a 192.168.x.x address, eve nafter upgrading the firmware, i still was stuck with the same sort of ip.
Ok... here's what i'm getting from this
Cable Modem- Assigned DHCP Address- Router -Private Addresses- Network.
Because you are on DHCP, you want your router's IP Address to change frequently? When you are on cable, you are constantly connected. So as long as the router is powered up, it's holding onto the IP it was assigned. If you reboot the router or release/renew the IP you would assume you would get a new IP because of the DHCP, however with most cable companies that i've dealt with, the dynamic IP is more like a static IP. In 3 years of cable (I have DSL now) I had 4 IPs. I had 1 in one town, then I moved and got another, Moved again got another, moved again and got another. I never had a different IP when at the same place. Most Cable Companies will hold your IP for a very long time.
I see. I was just having a little trouble there figuring out why my "true" ip was changing so rapidly and not my routers. I should note though, my routers ip has changed before. It did take a long time though, like a span of months not weeks as with the other.
Thanks for the clarification HTregz.
HTregz got it exactly right. I myself use cable and the IP doesnt change for long periods of time. even though i have set it to use dhcp. this is cos as long as you are connected the ip remains the same, its only when you disconnect and connect again that it changes. this also depends on the how long you disconnect. if its not long enough, you will get assigned the same ip again by the dhcp.
I could go on with a more detailed explanation of this but it will take too long. if you want more details, pm me and I'll send some documentation over to you to read thru. Or you could jus google about dhcp servers and read up on how it works.
My 2 cents worth. Cable IP addresses seem to hold for months & months (even if you renew/release from within the Linksys firewall [Status tab])
Typing IPconfig -renew/release on the PC will only reset the internal (NAT) ip address of the computer; it doesn't change the WAN IP
You can change the Linksys Firewall to any IP address you wish. (10.0.0.1 eg)
If you upgrade firmware, it resets the router to factory default....then you have to go back and re-configure everything.