Just got a new Router, can't port-forward

[indigo0086]

I had my old lynksis router set up so that each computer assigned itself an ip address. My computer is 192.168.1.2, the gateway being ~1.1, but since I bought this new Linksys Wireless-G WRT54G model when I go to port forwarding and try to put an ip range for 192.168.1.2 then it says invalid IP address. the basic setup has DHCP enabled with the starting ip to be 192.168.1.1. I tried disabling it but then the internet goes down and I can't use it at all, but now some of my applications don't work because I can't open the necessary ports.

[ktkendall]

If your going to use port forwarding like that, then I would not even use DHCP, I would, and I do have my PC set static at 192.168.1.2. You do not want your dhcp range to start at .1 either. I have tha same router, and I looked in mine, and I assume your under applications and gaming, port range forward.. Mine let me put .2 in there..

[Staren]

I think the problem you are having is that the static IPs are in the range of numbers reserved for DHCP. You can leave DHCP on, but your static IPs have to be outside of those numbers.

[indigo0086]

now it's taking areally long time to log into my router settings, it won't even load up.

[ktkendall]

Reboot your router.
Are you in the place I mentioned when you are trying to forward those ports?

[indigo0086]

yeah, that's where I tried to forward them and it gave me an invalid IP error.

[ktkendall]

Mine lets me put anything I want in there within 0-254 range. Did you reboot??
Perhaps there is a setting somewhere else you put in that is hindering you from doing what you want to do. If I try anything not within range of 0-254 then I too get the same error message you are talking about

[indigo0086]

OK I got it working (somehow) I input an ip into the static IP thing then I deleted it and now I can input whatever. Except I can't enter a port forwarding for 192.168.1.1

[ktkendall]

You don't want a 1 in there cause that is the router and you also don't want dhcp range to start at .1. You weren't trying to put the . in there were you?? Static IP is what you want to give your PC, not the router unless you have cable ISP and use a static ip. Did you reboot the router?

[indigo0086]

well lets say I want to open a port for all computers accessing the network, on the old router I could just open the port for the gateway and it would be open for the other computers, so how do I do that now?

[ktkendall]

I have exact same router and it lets me put a 1 in there. Did you reboot the router and did you try checking around in there to see if another setting is causing a 1 to not work?

[indigo0086]

I re-booted the router, that is how I was able to log-into it again.

I have the starting IP address in the DHCP to .2, and everything else is how it was before.

[ktkendall]

Just try putting the 1 in there and nothing else, and see if that works, cause that is how I am testing it on my Linksys and like I sais I can put anything in there from 0-254.

[glc]

You really should leave the DHCP range at default - which is .100 through .149. Use .2 through .99 for static IP's on your workstations.