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? >> >> _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug >
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