Default Gateway

[Arnwulf]

I've used the default software that came with my router for years to manage my network IPs, and have never had a problem, for Linksys routers it's called Easylink Advisor and does a great job of managing your network IPs.

Otherwise you can do the manual method which means you need to find out the IP addresses of the Gateway to your ISP and then manually enter your addresses that way.

[Bockage]

If it's your router causing the problem, it sounds like it would just be easier to replace the thing. You could also try upgrading the firmware for the device if you feel comfortable doing it. Just make sure to backup the original firmware before you try it.

[Omnipotent]

If it's your router causing the problem, it sounds like it would just be easier to replace the thing. You could also try upgrading the firmware for the device if you feel comfortable doing it. Just make sure to backup the original firmware before you try it.

It's literally the most expensive router from net gear. I can definitely do it though, but my netgear USB adapter works well with it... when it works. Any recommendations on which router is pimp? around 100 is the budget.

[Furtwangler]

Did you try setting static addresses first? go to 192.168.0.1 or 1.0 (not sure what netgears are it's been a while and mine is in switch mode so I can't easily check) and find the part where it mentions DHCP and change it to static, and fill in numbers in the last set 1.x, x being anything under 254 for each computer connected to it.

[Bockage]

Before you go messing around with your internet connection/router, you should confirm that your router is actually to blame. An easy way to confirm if this is your router's fault is to plug your machine directly into your modem (bypassing the router) whenever you run into this problem next. If you still don't get internet, you should contact your ISP for help. If it is the router, you can try the suggestion of setting up static IP addresses for the conflicting machines and/or try updating the firmware. If those don't work, you will probably have to bite the bullet and buy a new router. You can find a lot of good routers for a home network for under 100$ at newegg.com. Personally, I use an older model of this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-190-_-Product with Tomato firmware installed.

[Omnipotent]

Did you try setting static addresses first? go to 192.168.0.1 or 1.0 (not sure what netgears are it's been a while and mine is in switch mode so I can't easily check) and find the part where it mentions DHCP and change it to static, and fill in numbers in the last set 1.x, x being anything under 254 for each computer connected to it.

I will try this ty

[bungiefan]

Actually, the router uses DHCP to get an address from the ISP. You don't want to turn that off. What you want to do is to find the settings for the router being its own DHCP server, to assign addresses to your computers. That will tell you how many addresses it can assign and what the starting address is. Normal defaults for D-Link routers is 50 DHCP addresses, starting at 50 for the last octet, meaning 192.168.0.50 through 192.168.0.99 will be assigned by the router. If someone sets a device to use one of those addresses, the router can possibly assign them through DHCP to another device, causing an address conflict. So if you set static addresses, set them with numbers outside of that range, or decrease the number of hosts to something like 10 and work outside the new range.


As for setting the static addresses, you have to do it on each machine that connects. You tell the computer to let you manually set the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server addresses on each network card, and then pick a different last octet for each device. I like starting at 150 and working up from there.

Messing with the router settings only affects which numbers the router can give out if a device is set to auto-configure. Static addresses are manual. You can't make the router assign a static address, the point of DHCP is to automatically take care of assignments for you, but it does them in a way that a device can get a different address on a different day. Manual configuration is better once you know your networking, because you have more control to keep things from changing when they don't need to.

[Furtwangler]

Actually, the router uses DHCP to get an address from the ISP. You don't want to turn that off. What you want to do is to find the settings for the router being its own DHCP server, to assign addresses to your computers. That will tell you how many addresses it can assign and what the starting address is. Normal defaults for D-Link routers is 50 DHCP addresses, starting at 50 for the last octet, meaning 192.168.0.50 through 192.168.0.99 will be assigned by the router. If someone sets a device to use one of those addresses, the router can possibly assign them through DHCP to another device, causing an address conflict. So if you set static addresses, set them with numbers outside of that range, or decrease the number of hosts to something like 10 and work outside the new range.


As for setting the static addresses, you have to do it on each machine that connects. You tell the computer to let you manually set the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, and DNS server addresses on each network card, and then pick a different last octet for each device. I like starting at 150 and working up from there.

Messing with the router settings only affects which numbers the router can give out if a device is set to auto-configure. Static addresses are manual. You can't make the router assign a static address, the point of DHCP is to automatically take care of assignments for you, but it does them in a way that a device can get a different address on a different day. Manual configuration is better once you know your networking, because you have more control to keep things from changing when they don't need to.

I was referring to dhcp for the router itself, and it's also quite useful for troubleshooting in his case, so he knows if he needs to get another router or not.

[Omnipotent]

Static IP running good for 2 days so far. No disconnects or anything. Thankyou everyone . Will post if I jinxed it.