How do you change the IP address on a technicolor gateway?

[#1]

Hi, I hope someone can help! I need to change the IP address on my router (technicolor gateway) to avoid conflicting with my work network via VPN. I have read some of the posts about this and can't make head nor tail of what I am actually supposed to do. Can anyone give an idiot proof answer to this?!
Thank you!
Liz

[#2]

welcome to the forums Liz
are you talking about the internal LAN IP addresses?

[#3]

Erm, no I don't think so.... I'm talking about the IP address I type into the address bar in my search engine to access the router.

[#4]

Quote from: lizc

I'm talking about the IP address I type into the address bar in my search engine to access the router.

That sounds like the internal LAN IP address to me.  Which (from memory) would be 192.168.1.254 by default. 

[#5]

It's not just a case of changing the IP address of the router, you will need to change the sub-net it's running on.  I'm guessing from what you've said that 192.168.1.* is used by the work network. You'll need to pick a sub-net that isn't used by that, so your first point must be to find out what sub-nets are created by the VPN - there could be more than one.
On the router you'll have to change the sub-net, the router's IP and the IP's given out by the DHCP. (Also it's possible if you've allocated a specific IP to your PC instead of letting it get it from the router you'll have to change the IP of the PC).

[#6]

Yes the work network uses 192.168.1
I don't know what subnet is used by the VPN but all the IP addresses I can see associated with it begin 192.168.1
The VPN connects to a specific server IP address and is given an IP address beginning 192.168.1
Still no clue where to start I'm afraid!

[#7]

liz,
Go to Home > Home Network > Interfaces > LocalNetwork
and then hit configure and scroll down to
192.168.1.254/24 and hit edit and change to 192.168.2.254/24
and then also edit
LAN_custom 192.168.1.30 - 192.168.1.253 192.168.1.254 and swap the .1. to .2.
Hit save and reboot router and pc and that should resolve the vpn issue

[#8]

Hi Taras, I tried to do this but am now locked out of my router and have no internet access
I did the first step you suggested but there was no LAN_custom field. I've rebooted the router but can't get any access or internet. Any suggestions?!

[#9]

have you rebooted the PC

[#10]

Yes (mac), also tried to connect to router via cable rather than wireless. No go

[#11]

Oh dear
Failing all else try a hard reset of the router which will set it back to defaults
However you will then probably need to enter your Plusnet login details manually

[#12]

OK, how do I do a hard reset of the router?

[#13]

sorry liz i should have asked which router you have got

[#14]

I don't have the manual for the latest one but it shouldn't have changed from this

[#15]

Thank you! Access restored.
Any ideas how to change the IP address without locking me out?!