On 03/13/2014 05:18 PM, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 01:45:29PM -0700, Dick Steffens wrote: >> The Buffalo N600 arrived. Its default IP address is 192.168.11.1. Is >> there any reason I shouldn't change that to 192.168.0.1 for my house setup? > > I advise changing it to something not commonly used by HW manufactures. > perhaps 192.168.42.1 or 10.42.42.1 or choose your own favorite numbers > that fit address space requirements. > > Then when you get a new device it won't disrupt your network (say by handing > out DHCP leases) > by accident. >
Hadn't thought of it that way. Good plan. I'll give it some thought tonight and come up with an unlikely choice. Thanks. -- Regards, Dick Steffens _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
