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Title: Hard-coded IP address
Post by: mishajj on April 09, 2009, 04:21:37 PM

Hi.  Just recently purchased a Dir-655, rev A4, F/W 1.21.  I've take all the defaults for ip addresses and subnets.  I have two desktops and one laptop, all connect just fine.  I have them set up in the DHCP Reservation list.

My problem is with my wife's work laptop.  It's wireless card has been disabled (company policy) and the network configuration locked down (also company policy), thus I cannot tell it to get an ip address dynamically.

The hard-coded ip address is 192.168.1.96.  Is there any way to set up this router to let this address through?  Everything I've attempted says either the ip is not in the range or not in the subnet.

As it is now, whenever she needs to work from home, she has to plug directly into the DLS modem.

I moved up from a DI-624 and do not remember having these types of problems.

Any insight into this would greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Mike J.
Saint Johns, FL

Title: Re: Hard-coded IP address
Post by: Reinvented on April 09, 2009, 05:12:18 PM

Well, if she wants to be able to connect, it's best if you change the DHCP range.

However, her IP address isn't normal like how we usually have our networks..

So, you may need to change the entire range.

Change your router IP to 192.168.1.1

Change the DHCP range to 192.168.1.10  and 192.168.1.100

She should be able to connect then. 

Now, this is ALSO assuming that your DSL modem doesn't use the same IP address as your new router address which is 192.168.1.1

Title: Re: Hard-coded IP address
Post by: lotacus on April 11, 2009, 10:52:26 AM

if it does, then you will need to adjust your gateway so that the WAN port is either static or DHCP 192.168.1.2 for example, and the routers DHCP server is turned off. Then your LAN port IP address is going to have to be static. So essentially the gateway is a client of the modem, just like any other computer.

Or, if that's to complicated, you will have to change the modems LAN ip address to something other than 192.168.1.1 so that your gateway can have that ip address

Title: Re: Hard-coded IP address
Post by: Arvald on April 11, 2009, 11:18:14 AM

if she uses VPN at all there is nothing you can do.  lining up your IP range to the allowed range from her work will cause issues with the VPN tunnel.

I'd be wondering if there were other preventative items they did too (say SEP)

Do you really want to be trying to have her violate her companies IT policies just so she can browse the web?