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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

 

I used to have my printer hardwired to my ASUS AC3100 router and everything worked fine. I had a dedicated IP address. 

My network is IP 192.168.2.x.  But recently things somthing  has changed.

 

1. When I connect using wireless I get the correct IP range.

 

2. But when I hardwire it in I get and IP range starting with 172.218.x.x.

 

I have tried to manually configure my IP address 192.168.2.x. The IP is saved but I cant find the printer on the network. 

 

Any idea's what 172.218 is and why manually setting my IP address is not working.

 

Thanks 

Harj

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Funny, I don't see any mention of have 2 routers connected in your original post.

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First thing to do is hard reset the router back to factory settings and try again. 

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Thanks for the suggestion. I had already tried this with no luck.
The solution was. I have 2 router( my own plus Telus, my service provider). My router was connected to the telus router using the WAN port. It should have connected using port 1.

It now working great. Thanks.
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Funny, I don't see any mention of have 2 routers connected in your original post.

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