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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 mod...
"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 that
work."
Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for. It would have been nice to get it without the snotty attitude, but I'll take it either way. Since that is an unroutable IP I'm surprised the tip works. I would have expected the Linksys to refuse to forward it, but apparently not -- assuming you have actually made/seen this work.
> [...] I would have expected [...]
Exactly. Hence:
> It does? Did you actually try it, or are you basing your complaint
> on how you expect this stuff to work? What, exactly, did you do?
In the words of the philosopher Williams, "If you don't think too
good, don't think too much."
> [...] the Linksys to refuse to forward it, but apparently not -
I'd expect that your ISP would "refuse to forward it", if that's any
consolation.
> [...] assuming you have actually made/seen this work.
Everyone who owns a cable modem has (or could have) seen this work.
> [...] It would have been nice to get it without the snotty attitude,
> but I'll take it either way. [...]
Fix your own attitude, and that of others may follow, with no extra
effort on anyone's part. Screaming about all "this stupidity" which
you're being forced to endure, rather than _asking_ about how the simple
procedures in the various User Manuals could possibly work, for example,
might have been a better start. Just a thought.
Deciding whether the original problem involved "stupidity" someplace,
or just a smattering of ignorance (which is normally a simpler obstacle
to overcome), is left as an exercise for the reader.