Trouble connecting to a Router

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Hey

Maybe a long shot but just wondering if anybody can help solve a problem.

To cut a long story short Ive been trying to set up two Routers in a single household. Got everything setup and was receiving an IP conflict, had a fiddle about and this is the steps I took bearing in mind im no network expert!

- logged into router via IE (192.168.2.1)
- went to LAN settings
- I changed the standard ip address from 192.168.2.1 to 172.18.2.2 (dont ask why!?) and also disabled DHCP.
- restarted router

Now the problem im having is trying to log back into the router via IE as before, wont connect with either of the above ip address. Also before the change I was getting LAN connectivity to the PC and everything, but now it wont acquire a network address and wont connect to even the lan.

It obviously is to do with me changing the settings!!

If I could get back into the router I will be okay, its just getting into it!

Anybody know? Real stuck here :(
 
Hi

Ive stuck a needle down the reset the button to no avail im afraid. Will try again but any other suggestions?
 
Quite often to factory reset something like this do the following:

1) Unplug device
2) Press reset button on device
3) Plug back in still holding reset button
4) Hold reset button for 10-15 seconds and release

EDIT:

Oh and to answer your original question, because you've disabled DHCP your client won't get an IP given to it. Set yourself a manual IP of 172.18.2.100 (if its free) and then try connecting to 172.18.2.2 and see if it works.
 
Righto I just clicked the reset button once, I will try holding it down.

How do you mean set myself an ip address? You mean through network connections?

Ta :)
 
Have to agree with the others - reset the router to factory defaults and leave DHCP enabled. If you can't do that, set an address in the 192.168.2.xxx range manually. It should be obvious that your PC isn't going to pick up a network address and connect if you've disabled DHCP on the router.
 
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