NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
R6220 Invalid IP address
Hi, I would like to connect my Netgear R6220 to my digital mixing console wich has a fixed IP address, 127.0.0.1 When I try to change the routers IP address to 127.0.0.x i get a message sayin...
OK, thanks.
> [...] my digital mixing console wich has a fixed IP address, 127.0.0.1
Not really.
> Why doesn't 127.0.0.x work?
127.0.0.1 is a special "loopback" address, which can be used when you
want to talk to yourself (without knowing what your real IP address is).
The whole 127.*.*.* subnet is unavailable for normal use.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Localhost
Your (unspecified) "my digital mixing console" must have some normal
IP address (other than 127.*.*.*). Knowing nothing, I'd guess that it
would use DHCP to get one from the router where it's connected, in which
case you wouldn't care what the router uses for its own IP address range
(subnet).
OK, thanks.