vonnielsen wrote:I tried to disable DCHP under "IP address distribution" under settings of router. clicked on disable DHCP. A couple of warnings popped upabout something, I didn't pay a whole lot of attention and hit apply. Then went back to IP address and changed it to 192.168.1.2. The router tried to reboot but would freeze and then nothing. Now I can't access the router at all. I've tried a hard reset mulitple times now and now I'm not sure what the password is for the router (tried admin and password). After 3 attempts it would lock me out!!!. I'm so frustrated.
If you disable the dhcp service on that router it won't give the machine you are connecting with an IP address - if you are going to disable the dhcp server then you would have to give your connecting machine a static IP address on the 192.168.1 subnet. After that you should be able to connect to the router at 192.168.1.2. In reality there should be no need to disable the dhcp server until you are done configuring it.
However now you have the issue of the password.
After you reset the router to factory default you should connect to the router at 192.168.1.1
The userid will be admin
The password can be one of several things
it may be the password that's printed on the label on the back of the router (not the the wireless one)
it may be the serial number also printed on the back of the router
it may be password
you may get prompted to enter a new password of your choice.
When you connect what does the logon screen say?
If I missed any other oddball password setting that it might be I'm sure someone else will chime in to show me the error of my ways.
Once you get logged on, even though it should not be necessary change the dhcp server pool to start at 10 - the router will reboot
login to it again at 192.168.1.1
then follow what step 2.2 says
after you change the ip address of the router you will lose contact with it
login again at the new ip address you gave it 192.168.1.2?
disable the dhcp service - the router will reboot - you won't be able to reconnect until you bridge it
connect the secondary router to the desired coax point - your configuration machine should get a dhcp address on the 192.168.1 subnet from the primary router via the scondary router
Does it? If so all is good.