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Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
kmadrid
Enthusiast - Level 2
‎01-15-2014 06:56 AM

I have one of the new Actiontec N routers that FIOS is currently offering for $99 ... well, two of them actually, and I'm trying to use the second one to expand the signal into the bedroom. The problem is, to do this, I need to change its IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.2 ... only when I hit apply, the connection just hangs. It appears to keep reloading the connection ... as if it can't quite turnover. If I let it sit there it just keeps trying over and over again. The router does not reboot, as suggested will happen in my admin panel. Then, if I unplug everything, I have to reset the router to work with it, because now I can't sign in with either 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.2 -- any ideas for what I'm doing wrong?

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
DWS_ALRT
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‎01-27-2014 09:40 AM

I think I found a solution. I did the following:

1. Shut down PC and main router.

2. Disconnect all devices plugged into router except the PC , coax and WAN.

3. Power both back up and log on to the router at 192.168.1.1

4. Change the IP start range to 1.192.168.1.11

5. Click apply, wait for router to reconfigure, then click apply again.

6. Then shut down the PC and disconnect the main router.

7. Reset the fios MI424WR to factory and connect it to you PC.

8. Power up both the PC and secondary Fios router with no other connections but the PC.

9. Access it and disable DHCP---disable all broadband connections---change permanent IP to 192.168.1.10

10.  You might have to press apply after disabling DHCP.

11. After having done all this and pressing apply ---- this is where the application will freeze.

12. After waiting patiently for 2-3 minutes I opened up a second tab in my brower while the application continued to whirl in the first tab and typed in the new address of 192.168.1.10

13 This brought up the login screen for the MI424WR.

14 Log in to the router with this address and notice if the static IP is in fact 192.168.1.10.

15. If it is close the 1st tab that is still whirling as above.

16. Log out of the router and close your browser.

If it worked as mine did you should be good to go. This is probably not a good IT fix but it did seem to work. I believe the PC is trying to access the router at 192.168.1.1  and that is what is causing the freeze and not the router.

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
gamer99
Contributor - Level 1
‎01-15-2014 10:52 AM

try resetting the router using the reset button on the back of the router.  If I understand correctly, you are hooking up a second router.   As far I know. you cannot have the second router withing the same subnet of the first router.  Instead of changing the IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.2 ,   change the IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.2.1.  I am not a expert.  It is just my opinion.   HTH.

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
mfizzy
Specialist - Level 1
‎01-15-2014 10:51 PM

Instructions are in section 2

http://www.dslreports.com/faq/verizonfios/3.2_MOCA#15984

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
kj2k
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‎01-21-2014 09:04 PM

Did you ever figure out the issue because I'm having the exact same problem 

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
tns2
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‎01-22-2014 01:04 PM

Only one can be used for a wan connection and I think it has to be at 192.168.1.1.  The other one you must make sure that you disable a number of features including wan connections and being a DHCP server.  I didn't compltely check out the DSLREPORT reference, but it properly gives details on what must be done.

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
kj2k
Newbie
‎01-22-2014 06:19 PM

I'm aware of that. The problem is that the IP Address will not change.

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
mfizzy
Specialist - Level 1
‎01-22-2014 06:34 PM
When you are trying to change the IP of the second router it cannot be connected to the first. You will have issue with 192.168.1.2 because it will be assigned to the first computer connected to the router. Use 192.168.1.200
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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
viafax999
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‎01-23-2014 02:06 PM
@kmadrid wrote:

I have one of the new Actiontec N routers that FIOS is currently offering for $99 ... well, two of them actually, and I'm trying to use the second one to expand the signal into the bedroom. The problem is, to do this, I need to change its IP address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.2 ... only when I hit apply, the connection just hangs. It appears to keep reloading the connection ... as if it can't quite turnover. If I let it sit there it just keeps trying over and over again. The router does not reboot, as suggested will happen in my admin panel. Then, if I unplug everything, I have to reset the router to work with it, because now I can't sign in with either 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.2 -- any ideas for what I'm doing wrong?

Go into administration on the first router and change or make sure that the dhcp pool excludes the address 192.168.1.2

Make sure the 2nd router is NOT connected to the coax connection

Access admin on the 2nd router at 192.168.1.1

turn off dhcp on the second router

disable the broadband connection (moca)

Set the wifi up however you want to - personally I set it up with a different ssid

change it's ip address to be 192.168.1.2

save the changes and reboot the router

Again login to router 2  this time AT 192,168.1.2 and make sure your changes are still there

Presuming they are then connect the 2nd router to the coax adapter in the 2nd location

You're done.

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
kmadrid
Enthusiast - Level 2
‎01-25-2014 05:00 AM

I believe that is exactly what I did, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. I was able to save the first router such that 192.168.1.2 was not in the ip distribution. But when I went to the second router, I disabled DHCP, the broadband connection appeared to be already off, and i changed the ip number to 192.168.1.2 ... then hit apply. But the problem is when I hit "apply," it just hangs, nothing happens. When i try to access again via 192.168.1.1 OR 192.168.1.2 and I have to reset the router and start over.

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Re: Fios MI424WR router won't let me apply change to IP address
tns2
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‎01-25-2014 05:39 AM

Double check broadband connection.  There are a bunch of settings and all must be disabled.  (two broadband and two PPPOE)