XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.os.linux, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: cl@isbd.net   
      
   nospam  wrote:   
   > In article <0lc1sd-l4k.ln1@esprimo.zbmc.eu>, Chris Green    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   > > > > Addresses 192.168.a.254 and 192.168.a.255 are *not* assignable, not by   
   me,   
   > > > > not by the router, as they play a fixed role already, as does   
   192.168.a.0   
   > > > > .   
   > > >   
   > > > 254 is.   
   > >   
   > > 254 is often the default router IP, they're usually either 192.168.1.1   
   > > or (less often) 192.168.1.254 if using the 192.168.1 block.   
   >   
   > depends on the router. it's easily changed to anything you want and it   
   > doesn't need to be 192.168/16 either.   
   >   
   I didn't say it wasn't easy to change, just that it is sometimes the   
   default router address.  It can make things (a bit) difficult   
   sometimes if you change the router's address because if/when you have   
   to do a reset everything goes awry.   
      
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