Configuring an Old Router...

[wibbly]

So, I'm trying desperately to get more oomph into to my loft office as far as broadband goes, it's a bit flaky to say the least.

My router and little sky broadband box is placed downstairs and not easily moved, so I've been thinking about home plugs, although not sure these will work as the main router etc. is plugged into an extension lead rather than a physical wall socket (non nearby). It's also not easily feasible to cable through the house, so I'm looking for ideas.

I've been trying to re-configure an old sky router from it's original settings to match the new settings on the fibre broadband router I have, but can't seem to manage it. When I plug it into the PC I'm using, I can get into the admin page (192.168.0.0), and from there I've tried re-assigning the IP address to what has been suggested (192.168.0.250). When I do that and turn the DHCP off it re-boots the rooter without a problem, but I can't then reconnect to that admin page to reset the rest of the settings.

I've tried changing the rest of the settings, as suggested, to match my router before changing the IP address and DHCP change, but still run into the same problem. It still won't connect.

Would anyone have any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I've no doubt it's something I'm doing!

Cheers

 

[wibbly]

Basically what I'm doing from following a couple of YT video's and other bits I've read is to connect to the second router, re-assign a new IP address (192.168.0.250), switch off DHCP and let it re-boot.

From what I've read, I believe that's as much as I need do - I'm guessing that's not the whole story then?

At present, when I do that nothing connects to the second router to get back into the settings page.

 

[wibbly]

I'm not pinging anything at the moment

It won't even connect so I can log into the admin page and change anything. All it keeps coming up with is limited connectivity, and the page can't be found.

The second model is a Sky Sagem router. It worked fine when we had it on their standard broadband, I was hoping it would be adequate for whacking in the loft office to bolster the signal a bit.

 

[wibbly]

If you're switching off DHCP is the PC actually getting a valid IP? You might want to give the PC you're using for the setup a static IP until you're done.

Thanks I'll give that a try...

As you can possibly tell, I'm way out of my depth here - but desperate

 

[wibbly]

OK, so on my PC I've set the LAN settings with an IP address of 192.168.0.250 and on the wireless settings the default 192.168.0.1.

The settings now tell me that the Wireless network connection is trying to connect but can't... and is an unidentified network.

Any clues anyone?