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CM2200 on 192.168.100.1
I just bought a CM1100 and am extremely annoyed to find that its IP address is fixed at 192.168.100.1. The network I am installing it on uses the 192.168.2.xxx subnet, which means that the cable modem is not easily accessible for checking and management.
I am not interested in having the cable modem tail wag my network dog. I am not going to reconfigure my network to 1.92.168.100.xxx !
I have never had a problem like this before. I normally set suitable hard addresses to boxes as needed.
Is there a workaround for this stupidity? I have never seen it done but it seems like there could be a simple address translation box inserted between the network and the CM1100, making the modem happy and my network access easy.
Grrr ... Any ideas folks? This cannot be a new problem but Search was not helpful for me.
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> I just bought a CM1100 [...]
Why? And connected it to what?
> [...] and am extremely annoyed to find that its IP address is fixed at
> 192.168.100.1. [...]You seem to be very easily annoyed. Is the CM1100 a replacement for
some other modem? (What was it?)> [...] The network I am installing it on uses the 192.168.2.xxx subnet,
> [...]Ok. For future reference, what are you using as a router?
> [...] which means that the cable modem is not easily accessible for
> checking and management.It does? Did you actually try it, or are you basing your complaint
on how you expect this stuff to work?> [...] I am not going to reconfigure my network to 1.92.168.100.xxx !
I would advise against doing that. Did anyone advise you to do that,
or was it your own idea?> Is there a workaround for this stupidity? [...]
Which/whose?
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual (at least). Read.Don't go looking for trouble where there is none?
> [...] This cannot be a new problem [...]
Especially if it's not actually a problem.
If you are replacing an old modem+router of some kind with a CM1100,
which is only a modem, then you can expect to have problems until you
get a router to go with it.General advice: You might have more success if you described the
actual problem which you are trying to solve, rather than asking how to
implement some particular "solution" (or refusal to do something), which
may have little or nothing to do with the actual problem (whatever it
might be).I am replacing a DSL modem/WAP/router with the CM2200 and a Linksys WAP/router. Today or tomorrow. I am using 192.168.2.xx. I am used to setting up my networks so I have access to my system boxes without a lot of fooling around. For example, the DSL box is at 192.168.2.251. I have that IP bookmarked and it is a simple matter of clicking the bookmark to get access to the box. I also have bookmarks for the port 80 interfaces to my NAS boxes. I want to have the same capability with the CM2200. Quite simple, actually.
I actually do know a little bit about this. I have been taking care of my home and business networks as a survival skill since Netware 2.x. I have even (gasp!) downloaded the manuals for the new boxes. Hassling with networks does not bring me joy; I do enough to get by and then I stop.
> [...] I want to have the same capability with the CM2200. Quite
> simple, actually.Yes, it is. Make a new bookmark for "192.168.100.1". When you use
that (special) address in your web browser, your (unspecified) "a
Linksys WAP/router" will see that address, notice that it's not on its
own LAN, and send it off toward your ISP. That is, to the CM1100, which
will intercept it, and respond appropriately. There's no need to do
anything different/special on your ("192.168.2.*") LAN to make thatwork.
> [...] I have even (gasp!) downloaded the manuals for the new boxes.
> [...]Did you see anything in any of them which suggested (let alone
demanded) that you "reconfigure [your] network to 1.92.168.100.xxx !"?> [...] I do enough to get by and then I stop.
That's fine, if you know where "enough" ends.
> Don't go looking for trouble where there is none?Still my advice.
192.168.100.1 is a fixed address for a reason and can not be changed. Its the address of the modems web page for user access. The CM modem does NOT have a built in router. Its MODEM ONLY! You need to connect a wireless router to LAN port #1 if you want to connect more than just 1 devices to have internet access.
Be sure you contact your ISP to ensure the CM modem is fully supported and serviced by your ISP.
OldPilot2 wrote:I just bought a CM1100 and am extremely annoyed to find that its IP address is fixed at 192.168.100.1. The network I am installing it on uses the 192.168.2.xxx subnet, which means that the cable modem is not easily accessible for checking and management.
I am not interested in having the cable modem tail wag my network dog. I am not going to reconfigure my network to 1.92.168.100.xxx !
I have never had a problem like this before. I normally set suitable hard addresses to boxes as needed.
Is there a workaround for this stupidity? I have never seen it done but it seems like there could be a simple address translation box inserted between the network and the CM1100, making the modem happy and my network access easy.
Grrr ... Any ideas folks? This cannot be a new problem but Search was not helpful for me.
