fixing IP Address

From: Jason Thomas
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 Time: 07:31:01

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked


Hi Jason,

A couple questions:

1. Are you using a Windows XP machine to logon to the router?

2. How are you attempting to logon to the router? Using Internet
Explorer?

--
Ian

From: Jason Thomas
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 Time: 07:31:01

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked


Hi Jason,

A couple questions:

1. Are you using a Windows XP machine to logon to the router?

2. How are you attempting to logon to the router? Using Internet
Explorer?

--
Ian

From: Jason Thomas
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 Time: 07:31:01

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked


Hi Jason,

A couple questions:

1. Are you using a Windows XP machine to logon to the router?

2. How are you attempting to logon to the router? Using Internet
Explorer?

--
Ian

From: Jason Thomas
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 Time: 07:31:01

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked


Hi Jason,

A couple questions:

1. Are you using a Windows XP machine to logon to the router?

2. How are you attempting to logon to the router? Using Internet
Explorer?

--
Ian

Jason Thomas wrote:

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples
given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router
mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a
browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which
varies from router to router so check your manual)

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left
blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter
that information. Obviously if you already changed the password, enter the
correct one. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your
configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

Now you can look at the router's settings and make changes as desired.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Jason Thomas wrote:

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples
given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router
mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a
browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which
varies from router to router so check your manual)

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left
blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter
that information. Obviously if you already changed the password, enter the
correct one. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your
configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

Now you can look at the router's settings and make changes as desired.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Jason Thomas wrote:

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples
given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router
mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a
browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which
varies from router to router so check your manual)

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left
blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter
that information. Obviously if you already changed the password, enter the
correct one. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your
configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

Now you can look at the router's settings and make changes as desired.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Jason Thomas wrote:

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples
given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router
mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a
browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which
varies from router to router so check your manual)

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left
blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter
that information. Obviously if you already changed the password, enter the
correct one. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your
configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

Now you can look at the router's settings and make changes as desired.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Jason Thomas wrote:

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples
given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router
mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a
browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which
varies from router to router so check your manual)

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left
blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter
that information. Obviously if you already changed the password, enter the
correct one. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your
configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

Now you can look at the router's settings and make changes as desired.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Jason Thomas wrote:

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples
given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router
mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a
browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which
varies from router to router so check your manual)

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left
blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter
that information. Obviously if you already changed the password, enter the
correct one. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your
configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

Now you can look at the router's settings and make changes as desired.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Jason Thomas wrote:

how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples
given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router
mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a
browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which
varies from router to router so check your manual)

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left
blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter
that information. Obviously if you already changed the password, enter the
correct one. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your
configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

Now you can look at the router's settings and make changes as desired.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
FAQ - http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Jason Thomas wrote:
how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

"Ian" wrote:

From: Lem
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 Time: 23:42:36

Assuming that the XBOX is the only device connected to the ICS port,
then 1 x 255. If there are other devices, each must have a unique
IP address (that is, the XBOX can't have the same IP address as another
device). If you don't know and you pick something such as 27 you'll be
pretty safe.

It's not quite as simple as that. If there are other devices on the LAN,
they will probably get their addresses via DHCP, and you have to be sure
that the XBOX address is not in the DHCP address range.

So you have to find out what the DHCP range is, by logging on to the
router. You will probably discover that the DHCP pool starting address
is something like 192.168.1.33, and the pool size is 32. This means that
the highest possible DHCP address is 192.168.1.64 (64=33+32-1).

Then, as long as the XBOX address is above 192.168.1.64 (for example,
you could choose 192.168.1.70), you're in business.

--
Ian


Are you using a router or ICS? Based on your other post, and on Jack's
response to your post in this thread, I assumed that you're using ICS to
connect your XBOX. If so, your router's DCHP server has nothing to do
with the issue. ICS has its *own* IP address allocator, and it
allocates IP addresses in the range 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.254.

*Do* you have anything other than the XBOX connected to the ICS port? If
you have a router, why are you using ICS in the first place (if, in
fact, you are)?

If you are using ICS, and this problem started after you installed
Windows XP Service Pack 3, see if this applies to you:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951446/en-us

Perhaps instead of making disconnected posts, you should explain how
your *entire* system of computers, routers, XBOX, and other devices are
connected, what the problem is, and - most importantly - what error
messages you have received.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Jason Thomas wrote:
how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

"Ian" wrote:

From: Lem
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 Time: 23:42:36

Assuming that the XBOX is the only device connected to the ICS port,
then 1 x 255. If there are other devices, each must have a unique
IP address (that is, the XBOX can't have the same IP address as another
device). If you don't know and you pick something such as 27 you'll be
pretty safe.

It's not quite as simple as that. If there are other devices on the LAN,
they will probably get their addresses via DHCP, and you have to be sure
that the XBOX address is not in the DHCP address range.

So you have to find out what the DHCP range is, by logging on to the
router. You will probably discover that the DHCP pool starting address
is something like 192.168.1.33, and the pool size is 32. This means that
the highest possible DHCP address is 192.168.1.64 (64=33+32-1).

Then, as long as the XBOX address is above 192.168.1.64 (for example,
you could choose 192.168.1.70), you're in business.

--
Ian


Are you using a router or ICS? Based on your other post, and on Jack's
response to your post in this thread, I assumed that you're using ICS to
connect your XBOX. If so, your router's DCHP server has nothing to do
with the issue. ICS has its *own* IP address allocator, and it
allocates IP addresses in the range 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.254.

*Do* you have anything other than the XBOX connected to the ICS port? If
you have a router, why are you using ICS in the first place (if, in
fact, you are)?

If you are using ICS, and this problem started after you installed
Windows XP Service Pack 3, see if this applies to you:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951446/en-us

Perhaps instead of making disconnected posts, you should explain how
your *entire* system of computers, routers, XBOX, and other devices are
connected, what the problem is, and - most importantly - what error
messages you have received.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Jason Thomas wrote:
how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

"Ian" wrote:

From: Lem
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 Time: 23:42:36

Assuming that the XBOX is the only device connected to the ICS port,
then 1 x 255. If there are other devices, each must have a unique
IP address (that is, the XBOX can't have the same IP address as another
device). If you don't know and you pick something such as 27 you'll be
pretty safe.

It's not quite as simple as that. If there are other devices on the LAN,
they will probably get their addresses via DHCP, and you have to be sure
that the XBOX address is not in the DHCP address range.

So you have to find out what the DHCP range is, by logging on to the
router. You will probably discover that the DHCP pool starting address
is something like 192.168.1.33, and the pool size is 32. This means that
the highest possible DHCP address is 192.168.1.64 (64=33+32-1).

Then, as long as the XBOX address is above 192.168.1.64 (for example,
you could choose 192.168.1.70), you're in business.

--
Ian


Are you using a router or ICS? Based on your other post, and on Jack's
response to your post in this thread, I assumed that you're using ICS to
connect your XBOX. If so, your router's DCHP server has nothing to do
with the issue. ICS has its *own* IP address allocator, and it
allocates IP addresses in the range 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.254.

*Do* you have anything other than the XBOX connected to the ICS port? If
you have a router, why are you using ICS in the first place (if, in
fact, you are)?

If you are using ICS, and this problem started after you installed
Windows XP Service Pack 3, see if this applies to you:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951446/en-us

Perhaps instead of making disconnected posts, you should explain how
your *entire* system of computers, routers, XBOX, and other devices are
connected, what the problem is, and - most importantly - what error
messages you have received.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm

Jason Thomas wrote:
how do i log onto my router to see what the DHCP range is? Because i just
tried entering every number between 1 and 255 and none of them worked

"Ian" wrote:

From: Lem
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 Time: 23:42:36

Assuming that the XBOX is the only device connected to the ICS port,
then 1 x 255. If there are other devices, each must have a unique
IP address (that is, the XBOX can't have the same IP address as another
device). If you don't know and you pick something such as 27 you'll be
pretty safe.

It's not quite as simple as that. If there are other devices on the LAN,
they will probably get their addresses via DHCP, and you have to be sure
that the XBOX address is not in the DHCP address range.

So you have to find out what the DHCP range is, by logging on to the
router. You will probably discover that the DHCP pool starting address
is something like 192.168.1.33, and the pool size is 32. This means that
the highest possible DHCP address is 192.168.1.64 (64=33+32-1).

Then, as long as the XBOX address is above 192.168.1.64 (for example,
you could choose 192.168.1.70), you're in business.

--
Ian


Are you using a router or ICS? Based on your other post, and on Jack's
response to your post in this thread, I assumed that you're using ICS to
connect your XBOX. If so, your router's DCHP server has nothing to do
with the issue. ICS has its *own* IP address allocator, and it
allocates IP addresses in the range 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.254.

*Do* you have anything other than the XBOX connected to the ICS port? If
you have a router, why are you using ICS in the first place (if, in
fact, you are)?

If you are using ICS, and this problem started after you installed
Windows XP Service Pack 3, see if this applies to you:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951446/en-us

Perhaps instead of making disconnected posts, you should explain how
your *entire* system of computers, routers, XBOX, and other devices are
connected, what the problem is, and - most importantly - what error
messages you have received.

--
Lem -- MS-MVP

To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm