choosing a network address and a default gateway

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So I purchased hardware to set up a WDS Bridge from a router in my home to the new detached garage we built. I believe I have all of the directions down now, except for the very end...

I get to a step near the end that says, ' change the ip address to a new, unused, static ep address on the same subnet and also enter the default gateway'

I am pretty sure this is where I keep messing up because when I apply these numbers, I get booted out of the 192.168.1.1 that accesses the device setup.

My router is 192.168.0.1

What should these numbers look like?

Thanks.
 
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DHCP is how your devices get their IP configuration automatically. There is a range of IP addresses that it chooses from. You want that router to have an IP OUTSIDE of that range so that there is no chance that another device gets assigned the same IP.

If the address to access it at the start is 192.168.0.1 and you change that, you will need to use the new IP you assigned to access it. It needs to be on the same subnet as the devices that you want it to communicate with. The default gateway is the router that is used to send data to different networks. (If the default gateway is going to be that router you are setting up, then the IP is the default gateway address)
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So, your primary router probably has a default smallish range that it assigns addresses to with DHCP.
Maybe 192.168.0.2 through 192.168.0.50

You want this secondary router to have a static IP address outside that range.
192.168.0.201.


The xxx.xxx.0.xxx is the subnet.
Same subnet, but not an IP address that the DHCP server in the main router may want to grant at some opint.
 
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Once you change the IP address, you will no longer be able to reach the configuration page via 192.168.1.1. You'll need to use the new address you've assigned to access the settings (e.g. 192.168.0.201).
 
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I'm about to return these things because of my own lack of skill. I can get through all of the instructions just fine, but I still have the same problem at the end. When I have to enter the new ip address and default gateway, it seems that no matter what I put in, it tries to access it at the new ip address and there is no connecting. I can't see if they are communicating and the only way I have of connecting to them again is to reset them and start over. I can't figure out why I am making this last step so hard...
 
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Last shot here to see if someone can figure out my stupid mistake somehow? Directions are easy to follow, but when I try to put the ip address and default gateway in, it tries to take me to the new ip address automatically and it never connects. What is my stupid mistake??? Thanks guys.
 
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DHCP is how your devices get their IP configuration automatically. There is a range of IP addresses that it chooses from. You want that router to have an IP OUTSIDE of that range so that there is no chance that another device gets assigned the same IP.

If the address to access it at the start is 192.168.0.1 and you change that, you will need to use the new IP you assigned to access it. It needs to be on the same subnet as the devices that you want it to communicate with. The default gateway is the router that is used to send data to different networks. (If the default gateway is going to be that router you are setting up, then the IP is the default gateway address)
 
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