My IP address on my router is 10.0.0.1 and I need to change it to a 198.168.0.1 IP address. How can I do this? Thanks, Tony

TLane1957 wrote: The device in front of my Orbi router is a Motorola cable modem. The model number is MB8600. That is a modem/router. Look at all those LAN ports on the back. Two routers on your network can cause headaches. For example, you can end up with two DHCP servers and that can create local address conflicts. Among other things, this can mean that trying to get at addresses like routerlogin.net or the usual IP address for a router, 192.168.1.1, gets misdirected by the other router.Unless you have specific reasons for using two routers – to create two separate networks for example – it is often easier to use just one router and then to set up the second router as a wifi access point. Netgear advises this, as does just about every site you will visit.Sometimes it is possible to put the modem/router into modem only (bridge) mode and then to use the second device as the router. But some Internet service providers, such as BT in the UK, supply customers with a modem/router that just won't work in bridge mode. There may be ways to get the device to cooperate, but sometimes it is just easier to put the second router in AP mode. But that has its own drawbacks:Disabled Features on the Router when set to AP Mode | Answer | NETGEAR Support The Motorola manual tells how how to use this with a router. www.motorolacable.com/documents/MB8600-QuickStart.pdf See the section If You Want To Connect a Router. Life would probably be easier if you did that.

Log into the router GUI at http://10.0.0.1 and change the LAN settings there to whatever LAN IP range you want to use. See Advanced, Setup, LAN Setup. Note that you cannot use the same range that's assigned to Orbi's WAN port. You can find Orbi's WAN IP in the GUI also. If your router is using 10.0.0.1 on its own, it usually means you are running Orbi behind another router and that other router assigned a private address, e.g. 192.168.1.X address to Orbi's WAN port. In that case you would be double NAT'd and would likely be better off running Orbi in access point mode.

st_shaw wrote:If your router is using 10.0.0.1 on its own, it usually means you are running Orbi behind another router and that other router assigned a private address, e.g. 192.168.1.X address to Orbi's WAN port. It might help to clarify this bit by telling us the make and model of the device in front to the Orbi router.

Thank you for the feedback. The device in front of my Orbi router is a Motorola cable modem. The model number is MB8600. My internet provider is Xfinity but this is not their router.

michaelkenward wrote: TLane1957 wrote: The device in front of my Orbi router is a Motorola cable modem. The model number is MB8600. That is a modem/router. Look at all those LAN ports on the back. If your statement is based solely on how the device looks, then you should double check that. I read a review of the MB8600 earlier today and the review stated the device was a modem only, and that the multiple LAN ports were there only for future support of bonded connections > 1 GBps.

RBK50 how do I change my IP Address

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st_shaw
Master
Jan 09, 2019
Log into the router GUI at http://10.0.0.1 and change the LAN settings there to whatever LAN IP range you want to use. See Advanced, Setup, LAN Setup. Note that you cannot use the same range that's assigned to Orbi's WAN port. You can find Orbi's WAN IP in the GUI also.

If your router is using 10.0.0.1 on its own, it usually means you are running Orbi behind another router and that other router assigned a private address, e.g. 192.168.1.X address to Orbi's WAN port. In that case you would be double NAT'd and would likely be better off running Orbi in access point mode.
- michaelkenward
  Guru
  Jan 09, 2019
  st_shaw wrote:
  
  If your router is using 10.0.0.1 on its own, it usually means you are running Orbi behind another router and that other router assigned a private address, e.g. 192.168.1.X address to Orbi's WAN port.
  
  It might help to clarify this bit by telling us the make and model of the device in front to the Orbi router.
  - TLane1957
    Tutor
    Jan 09, 2019
    Thank you for the feedback. The device in front of my Orbi router is a Motorola cable modem. The model number is MB8600. My internet provider is Xfinity but this is not their router.
FURRYe38
Guru
Jan 09, 2019
Motorola supports this modem as a modem only. There current support site shows just the WAN port, however the yellow is covering additional ports which maybe for future needs or ISP that support thhis model modem/router combo:

https://motorolanetwork.com/mb8600.html

The Orbi is using a 10.0.0.1 on the LAN side, so this means that the orbi probably detected a /modem/router using 192.168.1.1 on the WAN port and changed to 10.0.0.#. You can still change from 10 to 192.168.0.1 since this doesn't conflict with what the Orbi is dectecting from the router in front of the Orbi.

Modem Combo Units:
Couple of options for future reference,
1. Configure the modem for transparent bridge mode. Then use the Orbi router in router mode. You'll need to contact the ISP for help and information in regards to the modem being bridged correctly.
2. If you can't bridge the modem, disable ALL wifi radios on the modem, configure the modems DMZ for the IP address the Orbi router gets from the modem. Then you can use the Orbi router in Router mode.
3. Or disable all wifi radios on the modem and connect the Orbi router to the modem, configure AP mode on the Orbi router. https://kb.netgear.com/31218/How-do-I-configure-my-Orbi-router-to-act-as-an-access-point and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LOcJ8GdDo&app=desktop

TLane1957 wrote:

My IP address on my router is 10.0.0.1 and I need to change it to a 198.168.0.1 IP address. How can I do this?

Thanks,

Tony
FURRYe38
Guru
Jan 10, 2019
Let us know if the suggestion helps.

TLane1957 wrote:

My IP address on my router is 10.0.0.1 and I need to change it to a 198.168.0.1 IP address. How can I do this?

Thanks,

Tony

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