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Mikey0426
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Dec 07, 2017

Accessing old static IP after switch to Orbi

Hello-

 

Quick question.  I just upgraded to AT&T Fiber and the Orbi RBK50.  I have the AT&T in pass-through mode and use the Orbi as my primary router.  

 

Unfortunately, I forgot before the switch over that there were some static IP addresses assigned with my old router on a totally different subnet.  They are devices that are difficult to hardwire (ip camera, whole home system component), and I would like to be able to ping them.  What would be the least obtrusive method to do this?  Orbi is on 10.0.0.x and the old system used 192.168.1.x.

 

I know I could change the gateway on the orbi temporarily to access the old devices.  But finally having everything working well, I'm worried it will cause issues when I switch back.  Maybe I am just being hyper-nervous?  

 

Any help would be much appreciated.  

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    st_shaw
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    Dec 07, 2017

     

    If the static IP devices have wired connections, then manually configure a laptop with an IP in the 192.168.1.x range and connect the laptop to each device one at a time to reconfigure each device.

     

    But, based on your description it sounds like the devices with static IPs are wireless-only devices.  If that's true, then turn on your old router, connect a PC to the old router, and access the devices through the old router.  You do not need to connect the router to the Interent to do this.

     

     

    If you do not have your old router, then setup any other router with the old SSID and old password and a 192.168.1.X LAN range and use that to access the devices. Again, you do not need to connect the router to the Interent to do this.