Not sure if this should be in the “computer questions” thread or not, but since it’s about a router I’ll put it here.
I’ve just got me a brand-new router (Wireless-G compact), courtesy of the amazingly kind and helpful people at Linksys customer support, of whom I shall write more in future.
I’m running Windows 2000, and my TCP/IP settings are set to DHCP-enabled.
The default local IP address for the router is 192.168.1.1, which just so happens to be the default address for my ADSL modem. The computer can talk to either device individually, but clearly there’s a conflict when they’re connected together. I ran the router’s settings once to see what would happen, and it claimed I needed a password to get to the internet, which I don’t.
So in my very limited knowledge of networking, I figured that I should just change the IP address of one of the devices, and everything would work. Seems not.
Using the web interface on either device to change its local IP address (I tried 192.168.2.1) essentially disables my computer’s ability to see it - and I can no longer get to the web interface to change it back. I have had to hard-reset the entire device to its factory settings to talk to it again.
I’m not a computer dunce, but I am where it comes to networking. Any ideas what I should do?