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Unable to reach my router
Boggin:
There is a difference between the ISP's external IP address which delivers your broadband down the line and the DHCP IP address that the router assigns to devices.
The change in ext. IP address from 151. to the 153 you see now could be your recent change to Fibre and router.
On another forum, in my Mod profile details, my ext. IP address differs to what it is now because I was instructed by my TalkTalk's techs to switch off the router and disconnect the cables for 30mins which would give me a new ext. IP address that may have resolved a broadband speed problem.
The ext. IP address that is in my profile is what it was when I first registered on that forum in 2012.
I occasionally have had problems where the Default Gateway would not get me into the log in page in my router and simply leaving it off for a couple of minutes with the cables disconnected, resolved.
BTW - that is known as a power cycle which can also resolve connectivity problems.
Otterboy43:
OK I have now powered up the router successfully and although the IP address has changed my original problem still exists and I can only get to the router settings by keying in the new IP address into the URL bar. Whether this is safe to do I don't know, but at least I can get to my router's settings this way.
Btw when I right click in the text area of the command prompt window nothing happens - nothing is displayed. I can highlight the text but right clicking turns the highlight off!
Boggin:
Which IP address are you using to get into the router ?
When you right click in a cmd window you should get a right click context menu.
Do you get that menu say when you right click in File Explorer - you should be able to select New to create a new folder.
For some reason I'm getting nothing now when I right click in the cmd window - not sure what is going on there.
Ah - I was on another laptop but it should work the same on this one.
I think it's time for another repair install for this machine, but first I'll try a dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth cmd first.
I'll be back shortly on another machine.
Otterboy43:
I used the IP address 94.195.xx.xx which is the new one after re-booting the router.
I don't know why I thought of it and why I hadn't thought of it before but tonight I keyed 192.168.0.1 into Safari on my iPad and bingo straight into my router's settings. I may never know why I can't use my desktop machine to access the router settings but at least I can access them from my iPad. I'll try my wife's laptop when I get a minute.
Thanks for all your help and support, maybe one day I'll solve the mystery.
Boggin:
When I put my ext. IP address into the URL search box I got an error message that the site is unsafe and to close that window down immediately.
Have you tried using the 192. in Safe Mode with Networking to see if that will get you in.
When you try it on your wife's laptop, use an Ethernet connection.
I thought it may have been a DNS thing but see that you are using Google's 8.8.8.8
Can you post that error message again in different format so that I can read it ?
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