On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 22:06:48 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote:

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>: The reason is my Fritz!Box Fon WLAN 7140 seems to have
>: stopped picking up DHCP from my cable modem (VM, CM ok
>: with PC directly).
>
>Can't you assign a fixed IP..? I've never tried using a Fritz with another
>modem (using ADSL over BT here) so can't really comment further on that.[/color]

I can't on either side as I can't get back in to configure it Ivor?[color=blue]
>
>: I tried all the usual (soft reset, power cycle, factory
>: default) but now I can't even get back into it? ;-(
>:
>: I think I may have noticed some strange things when I
>: first connected to it tonight (that could of been party
>: to why it stopped working after all this time) in that it
>: said the ip address for the box was 192.168.178.1 when I
>: was talking to it (initially) on 192.168.0.100 (and how
>: it's been since the beginning).
>:
>: I'm now trying to get to it on 192.168.178.254 but again,
>: nowt. :-(
>
>I thought that was the backup default address which should work if you
>cock it up, but it seems it may not be..?![/color]

Well that's what I read also but maybe it only works under better
circumstances Ivor?[color=blue]
>
>: Any ideas before I send it back please ..?
>
>Silly question, but have you asked AVM..?[/color]

Not yet, I only noticed it this evening when I got in and have been
trying all the angles since then.
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> Sometimes the simplest option is
>the best ;-)[/color]

Oh indeed, but I like to try all the options in case I've missed
something easy or as you say simple.[color=blue]
>
>Email Neil O'Hara at AVM support, he's usually pretty helpful -
>support@avm.de or there's a form on the website, but I can't seem to raise
>it at the moment, although it's responding to pings, very odd...[/color]

I was looking on there for any utility software (in case that can find
the router, I had that with a Netgear bridge the other day ...) but it
was running VERY slow. I'll try again in a mo ..

All the best and thanks Ivor ..

T i m