connecting to headless server when new router installed

[RobTi]

Hi i have a whs setup(192.168.0.10) that used to connect on virgin superhub router (192.168.0.1) now moved to plusnet and new router has (192.168.1.254) address all the other pc's in the house connect okay except the whs.
I have rebouted everything a few times but the whs still doesn't show on the network.

Any help?

Thanks

[stilkun]

Check your WHS if it is assigned with a static IP address. You will need to change the IP address if it is.

[burble]

You'll need to change the IP address of the WHS server to the 192.168.1.0/24 network. Alternatively you could change everything else to 192.168.0.0/24.

As it's headless though you may need to temporarily change the IP address on one machine to the 192.168.0.0 network, say 192.168.0.100 for example then connect to the WHS server and change its IP address to something like 192.168.1.10. (check that you give it an address outside of the DHCP scope that's set on the Plusnet router).

The other option is to change the LAN IP address on the Plusnet router to 192.168.0.1 then reboot it and it should give all the DHCP clients an IP address back in the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet and you'd then be able to connect to the WHS server.

[RobTi]

I can't see the server on the network and have rebooted everything a few times, but if i replace the router with an unmanaged switch and reboot everything works fine, i have checked that assign an ip address automaticaly is ticked but still the same result, so any ideas?

Thanks

[shaithis]

Sounds like you are running a DHCP server on the WHS box on the 192.168.0.x subnet. Removing the router causes the DHCPs to stop clashing and you get the right IP.

As soon as you add the router in with its 192.168.1.x subnet and DHCP server, things go nuts again.

Add the switch, connect to the WHS box, disable the DHCP server on it and then update it's IP details to be on the 192.168.1.x subnet, then swap the router back in.

Or if possible, add a static route on the router between 192.168.0.x and 192.168.1.x