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WiFi router sugestions that can use different IP address for Home Internet 5G Gateway
I tried to use the Home Internet 5G Gateway/Router in my home network setup, but unfortunately, the router has it’s base IP address (i.e. 192.168.x.x) hard coded into it’s OS, and CANNOT be changed. ...
Yukon wrote:
I simply unplugged my existing router from the cable modem and plugged it into the TMobile Gateway. My router picked up a 192.168.12.X address and everything worked. I disabled all of the SSIDs on the Gateway so I wouldn't have that wifi network enabled. As long as your existing router is set for DHCP on the WAN interface it should work. Everything stayed the same on the home network behind the router.
This is the way to go problem solved.
I am by no means a networking expert. Just getting that out there…
It sounds as if your "hard wired" devices are using static IP addresses rather than DHCP. Is this correct?
If not, your devices, when rebooted, should get a new IP from the internal DHCP server in the Gateway,
if so, you can do what I did and put a router in between my local network and the Gateway’s network.
This works great for keeping my network the same as I had it on my previous provider, but has the negative of using a double-NAT, one on the Gateway and the other in my router. Having said that I do not see any significant differences between connecting to my local network and directly to the Gateway.
Hope this helps in some way. :-)
