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How to change, if possible, router's ip address
Hello to all! I'm not too knowledgable about computer networking and how the internet works in general, but I think through my research into this question, I understand the basic concepts and termin...
- Wow, duh, I never realized I was posting to a forum site for users of a specific brand! Obviously! Netgear, of course, I just found it through a search for forums on computer networking and never put it all together. Anyway, I really do appreciate you answering my questions. Thank you.
First off, why are you posting in a Netgear forum if you have an Asus? Anyway, your questions are generic, so I will answer them.
- It might, leaning towards likely given that your laptop gets a different IP address when directly connected to the modem. It ultimately depends on how your ISP operates. The worst case is that you don't get an IP address. If this happens, revert your change and things should recover. BTW, you may have to reboot your modem each time you change the MAC address.
- No and no. The MAC address you would change is the router's WAN interface MAC address.
- You try changing the last digit or two of the router's WAN interface MAC address or you can clone your laptop's MAC address.
- Shouldn't really be any difference.
- Power cycle your modem as I mentioned in 1.