Not sorry, just curious if the primary is at 192.168.5.1 and what level of
networking experience you've got :)

On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 3:00 PM, dooger watts <[email protected]> wrote:

> OK I did that (reset my router to a unique address--namely 192.168.5.9) and
> as said when I'm NOT online--after I've lost my connection via client
> bridge--I can log into this address just fine and there's my router as I
> re-configured it after the hard reset.
> But while I'm ONline I can't communicate with it.  Should I assume there's
> another router/device nearby with that same address?  Wondered about this
> from the start--but also wondered if that were the case why I don't at least
> get a log in screen and request for name and password--but all I get is the
> network timeout screen with :  The server at 192.168.5.9 is taking too long
> to respond. (Over and over again).
>
> Am also thinking (have to do this from memory since I can NOT communicate
> with my router's config screen now) that I too am running V24 sp2 firmware.
> You sorry you responded to this thread, Ben?
>
> Thanx heaps,
> m
>
>
> Ben Barrett wrote:
>
>> D'oh!  The first thing you need to do, if your [secondary] router is NOT
>> getting it's IP address via a DHCP lease from the primary, is set it to a
>> non-colliding address!  It should have the same netmask, unless you've
>> already got some routing plan in mind to over-ride the default bridging
>> (leave the rest alone).... but the two routers should definately not have
>> the same IP on the same subnet -- no two devices ever should, shall I say
>> "under normal circumstances".
>>
>> Ben
>>
>> PS - did I get thread-jacked too?  (...or aid & abet this jacked thread?)
>>   I just reply to the most recent thread that interests me; I might've
>> missed some of the other dd-wrt thread(s), sorry if so.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 2:40 PM, dooger watts <[email protected] <mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    This all reminds me of another quirk in my setup--namely that I
>>    can NOT communicate with my own router (to check configuration)
>>    when the client bridge connection is working.  When I lose my
>>    internet connection, THEN I can log onto my router and get the
>>    dd-wrt config panels.
>>    Which means of course that I can't just "switch" to repeater
>>    bridge mode from client bridge. (Only way I can get to repeater
>>    bridge mode is to set it up from scratch, after a 30-30-30--and
>>    then it does not work).
>>    Have tried connecting to the default dd-wrt address of 192.168.1.1
>>    while online--but I get my neighbor's (primary) router--which
>>    kinda feels like a major invasion of privacy and which I log off
>>    of instantly.  Hell I can even log into his printer--but I can't
>>    log into my own router when I'm online.
>>
>>    Weird, huh?
>>
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