[cle100]

Hi there, I would like to link my PS3 to an access point/adapter to increase bitrate so I can stream HD movies wireless from PC to PS3.

I bought an Sitecom access point that I need to configure however I cannot login to the configuration screen because the IP address is not in the right range.

My set up is that I have a modem/router with behind that a router. I added the second router as the modem/router I got from my ISP has very limited range, so I was advised to put a more powerful router behind the modem/router and switch off the router and link the second router to the modem/router. The IP address of my router 1 is 192.168.1.1 and I have DHCP switched on. The router 2 has 192.168.1.200 and DHCP is switched off. The access point has 192.168.0.234 and so that is why I probably cannot get into the config screen..right?

The current set up works perfect for all I wanted to do and I spent lots of time in setting it up so I would not like to change IP ranges of these routers to get the access point connected for configuration purposes. Is there a simple way to get into the access point without going through changing the settings of the routers, as I am not looking forward to another night of swearing and cursing...

The manual says I need to link the access point to the router and then log into the access point using the IP address as given above. Could someone help me out here? Thanks a lot

[srhoades]

Plug into the Sitecom directly, give your computer a static IP in the same subnet as the Sitecome, change the IP of the Sitecom to match the rest of your network and then remove your static IP.

[cle100]

Thanks for the quick reply! It sounds simple indeed, but how do I change the IP address of my PC (and change it back?)

[cle100]

Ok, I checked and found in my connection settings that I use for connecting to the router 2 that I can change the IP address to a fixed one. However there are 2 ways, IPv4 and IPv6, system won't let me change it in IPv6 and says the IP is not valid; IPv4 lets me change the IP address (changed it to 192.168.0.100) but when I link the access point to the PC with a wire it still does not see the access point (page unavailable). Do I need to do something else - restarting or something else?

[Rockn]

Is the 192.168.0.100 the correct default address for the Access Point? I think you would need a crossover cable to connect the AP directly to your computers NIC. Just connect the AP to a LAN port on the router.

[cle100]

The default IP address of my access point I don't know but the IP address to configure it is 192.168.0.234 (maybe this is the same as the default?). I set a static IP on my PC using 192.168.0.100 as I thought this would be in the same subnet 192.168.0.xxx (again, am definitely not an expert!). In the manual it says I need to connect the access point to the router and then configure but as described, I cannot do this.

So I will go with the suggestion and get a crossover cable to connect the access point directly to PC (iso through router); question is then - do I need to change the IP address of my PC to static as well and if so, which address should I then use? Thanks again guys, all very helpfull.