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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1168257"><p>First, let's make sure you (and anyone reading this) are totally clear on what a MAC address is (a physical networking address on your computer, has nothing to do with being a Mac, Windows machines and network printers have MAC addresses as well) -- and what an IP address is (ie, an internet address, like 192.etc).</p><p></p><p>What's likely to have happened in your case is that you when you were configuring the router, you set it so that only a machine at 192.169.1.4 could administer the router. This could be because you were wired to it at the time, which uses a different IP address to what the same physical machine would use when accessing wirelessly. If that's the case, then just plug in directly and perhaps you'll be recognized as 192.168.1.4.</p><p></p><p>Typing in 192.168.1.4 is trying to access a machine that doesn't exist. Your router's address is still 192.168.1.1, you're just not accessing it from the right IP address.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1168257"] First, let's make sure you (and anyone reading this) are totally clear on what a MAC address is (a physical networking address on your computer, has nothing to do with being a Mac, Windows machines and network printers have MAC addresses as well) -- and what an IP address is (ie, an internet address, like 192.etc). What's likely to have happened in your case is that you when you were configuring the router, you set it so that only a machine at 192.169.1.4 could administer the router. This could be because you were wired to it at the time, which uses a different IP address to what the same physical machine would use when accessing wirelessly. If that's the case, then just plug in directly and perhaps you'll be recognized as 192.168.1.4. Typing in 192.168.1.4 is trying to access a machine that doesn't exist. Your router's address is still 192.168.1.1, you're just not accessing it from the right IP address. [/QUOTE]
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