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Xr500 same ip address
Hello, I have some problems with my router, one of them I tried 30-30-30 factory reset and it wasn t working, another one is that I get same ip address all the time, even I restart the modem, change w...
Laryke wrote:
I am talking about WAN IP of the router.
That is down to the ISP.
Unless your unnamed ISP allocates you a fixed or static IP address, which isn't usual, this may or may not change.
The modem picks up the IP address. Your router than uses that. You should not need to mess around with that address.
One thing to remember, you have to start the network in the correct order.
Be sure to restart your network in this sequence:
- Turn off and unplug modem.
- Turn off router and computers.
- Plug in and turn on modem. Wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on the router and wait 2 minutes for it to connect.
- Turn on computers and rest of network.
This ensures that the modem gets the WAN AP address before the router starts looking for it.
I am done trying to fix it, maybe it is not a problem but is a placebo effect which make me nervous. I tried restart, hard restart modem, router and all the time I get same gateway ip address and also ip address only on router, and it is different from the one the modem have.
If you have any suggestions I will be so happy to follow.
Laryke wrote:
I am done trying to fix it, maybe it is not a problem but is a placebo effect which make me nervous. I tried restart, hard restart modem, router and all the time I get same gateway ip address and also ip address only on router, and it is different from the one the modem have.
I still don't understand what the problem is.
Yes, you will get the same IP address on the router every time. That is the idea. Likewise the modem/gateway.
Rather than worrying about IP addresses, why not explain what the underlying problem is that you are trying to fix?
Why are you messing around with IP addresses?
You will get an Internet IP address from your ISP when you make a connection. That stakes your claim to a place on the Internet. It is likely to change from time to time, depending on how your ISP runs things.
When you connect to the Internet with a modem/gateway, it will give itself a local IP address. That is usually fixed by the modem maker. Different brands have different choices although they all follow the same conventions. (Look in the manual for your device to see which it uses.) If the modem is just that, a modem, and nothing else, you can forget about that for most purposes. It isn't something that you need to worry about.
Then, when you have that modem/gateway connection and you turn on the router and connect to the ISP, it will see what the modem/gateway has done in the way of setting an IP addresses and will give pick its own IP address. Again, that it down to how they designed the router. But it will always be the sane IP address. Often this will be 192.168.1.1 but here are other options. (Again, look in the manual for your device to see which it uses.) That's what the XR500 picks by default.
This is the address that you can get at with a browser to control how the router manages your network.
After that, the router hands out local IP addresses for the things on your network.
So, which IP address is it that you are desperately trying to change?
Is there any reason why you have not answered the question from Netduma-Liam ?
What is the make and model of the modem you're using?
By modem, they mean modem/gateway. (It used to be that "gateway" was limited to modem/router that also handled voice connections, but these days it seems to take in any modem that also does router functions.) If that is the IP address you want to change, why?