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david0491 · January 14th, 2009, 08:28 PM

Hello. I'm a bit new here so bear with me.

I recently bought a Wireless Access Point (Edimax EW-7206APg) in order to set up a connect with my Xbox 360 to gain access to Live. I am a total stranger to how to work this thing, so after several failed attempts at connecting to my router (2Wire 1000HW) with IP Address errors, I read the manual and it said something about having to be on the same subnet. I assumed this meant subnet mask, so I opened up Firefox and went to the usual gateway that brings up the router config page, and attempted to change the subnet mask from 255.255.0.0 to that of the access point, 255.255.255.0, hoping that it would allow the connection to work.

Unfortunately, the results were disastrous, causing the whole network, starting at my router to, function wrong. I was getting the "Limited to no connectivity" error, and noticed that my IP address under the TCP/IP properties had changed from 172.16.0.1 to 169.254.x.x, which I know is a default address. I tried ipconfig /release as well as the Repair feature, but neither worked.

On top of that, when trying to access my router in Firefox--to attempt to fix what I had somehow broken--using the normal IP, it didn't work, so I tried typing in the 169.254.x.x and neither did that. I've tried unplugging the router to restart it, rebooting, all failing.

Recently I managed to change my IP in the TCP/IP properties to a static one of my usual router address, 172.16.0.1, and the error message went away. However, I did not know the info for the necessary DNS server, so I was unable to connect.

I guess my question here isn't just how to fix my network so when I enable automatic IP Address retrieval I don't get an error, but also how to get back to my 2Wire's config page. The router is working fine, this comp in the other room using a different network can pick up the signal perfectly, but it just gets the same error when connecting. Also, the ethernet cables are fine. I just want to know how I screwed up when trying to change the subnet mask and DHCP range of my router.

Thanks ahead for the help, hope to hear back soon =)! (sorry for the life-story long post, thanks for reading)

January 14th, 2009, 08:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
david0491 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 5	Private IP Address assigned--can't renew IP Hello. I'm a bit new here so bear with me. I recently bought a Wireless Access Point (Edimax EW-7206APg) in order to set up a connect with my Xbox 360 to gain access to Live. I am a total stranger to how to work this thing, so after several failed attempts at connecting to my router (2Wire 1000HW) with IP Address errors, I read the manual and it said something about having to be on the same subnet. I assumed this meant subnet mask, so I opened up Firefox and went to the usual gateway that brings up the router config page, and attempted to change the subnet mask from 255.255.0.0 to that of the access point, 255.255.255.0, hoping that it would allow the connection to work. Unfortunately, the results were disastrous, causing the whole network, starting at my router to, function wrong. I was getting the "Limited to no connectivity" error, and noticed that my IP address under the TCP/IP properties had changed from 172.16.0.1 to 169.254.x.x, which I know is a default address. I tried ipconfig /release as well as the Repair feature, but neither worked. On top of that, when trying to access my router in Firefox--to attempt to fix what I had somehow broken--using the normal IP, it didn't work, so I tried typing in the 169.254.x.x and neither did that. I've tried unplugging the router to restart it, rebooting, all failing. Recently I managed to change my IP in the TCP/IP properties to a static one of my usual router address, 172.16.0.1, and the error message went away. However, I did not know the info for the necessary DNS server, so I was unable to connect. I guess my question here isn't just how to fix my network so when I enable automatic IP Address retrieval I don't get an error, but also how to get back to my 2Wire's config page. The router is working fine, this comp in the other room using a different network can pick up the signal perfectly, but it just gets the same error when connecting. Also, the ethernet cables are fine. I just want to know how I screwed up when trying to change the subnet mask and DHCP range of my router. Thanks ahead for the help, hope to hear back soon =)! (sorry for the life-story long post, thanks for reading)