Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2023 22:31 Post subject: Gave router ip 192.168.x.255, now can't access webui
Hello all,
I kinda made a n00bish mistake.
My primary (ISP's) modem/router has a default ip of 192.168.2.254. Until today I had my second WiFi router (the ddwrt one) running as a second AP with ip 192.168.2.201. Which worked fine.
Today, I thought it would be a good idea (NOT) to change the 192.168.2.201 address to 192.168.2.255.
Since then, I can still connect to it's WiFi and the Internet works. But I can no longer access the ddwrt web ui. Not in 201 nor on 255.
After some googling, I found out this is probably because the 255 IP is reserved for 'broadcast'.
The question is: How do I fix this and change the IP back to a legitimate one while not being able to access the webui?
I never enabled ssh. I tried connecting to it via telnet, but it fails to connect on both the old and new ip.
Reset the router and start over. _________________ "The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep." - Robert Frost
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Not to confuse the topic, but a .255 could be used if it was on a subnet of /23 or less for example if you had:
192.168.0.0/23
your usable addresses are
192.168.0.1 - 192.168.1.254
with the broadcast as
192.168.1.255