I had FIOS TV (Verizon) installed on Friday....well, I actually did most of the install :rolleyes: .

I have to say that I am very impressed with the HD picture, so much so that I've decided to upgrade my TV to an even bigger one (73" :D ). I'm ruined for standard def now and can't watch it anymore :p

Anyway, the DVRs and set top boxes communicate to the network via the Verizon FIOS router and in turn get assigned IP addresses from it.

In the past, I used to set my router to 1.1.1.1 with a range of IPs for my devices from 1.1.1.100 - 1.1.1.110. The reason I did this, is when I would VPN into work, the default 192.168.1.x addresses would conflict with the company network and cause some issues as they were using that range as well.

Anyway, I was messing around with the default router address (changing it to 1.1.1.1) and then would lose connectivity before I would get a chance to change my IP address lease range.

I'm sure I can figure out the right way to change it (as I have before), but the VPN to work seems to be fine so my question is:

Is there any advantage to having the 1.1.1.x addresses as opposed to the 192.168.1.x addresses? I was thinking from a security stand point it might throw a curve ball to any potential hackers.

I already 64-bit WPA2 security on my wireless network so I'm pretty sure I'm good, but I will mess with it again if there is an advantage.

Thanks!

Come on Pops...I know you know the answer to this! ;)

No advantage at all. It really doesn't matter as long as you stay within the private segments. And even if you used a public range, it wouldn't hurt anything other than you could not reach the public sites within the range you use. I VPN into all types of different network ranges so I had to get unique with mine as well. As for changing your router, there is a trick and here it is.

After you save the change in your router open a command prompt and type "IPConfig /release" then "IPConfig /renew".

This will renew your IP Address from the new DHCP settings. The reason for releasing first is so that it doesn't hang while renewing.

Congrats on the new setup!!!!

No advantage at all. It really doesn't matter as long as you stay within the private segments. And even if you used a public range, it wouldn't hurt anything other than you could not reach the public sites within the range you use. I VPN into all types of different network ranges so I had to get unique with mine as well. As for changing your router, there is a trick and here it is.

After you save the change in your router open a command prompt and type "IPConfig /release" then "IPConfig /renew".

This will renew your IP Address from the new DHCP settings. The reason for releasing first is so that it doesn't hang while renewing.

Congrats on the new setup!!!!

Thanks Pops - I knew you would know :)

Yes, I was releasing the IP before I renewed but the issue I was having was that I changed the router address before I had changed the lease range address. So when I would apply the changes to the router address it would boot me out and try to assign me one of the old address ranges which would not be compatible with the new router IP.

The verizon router is a little tricky because of the way it is layed out, but it does everything it needs to. You just have to find it :)

Yea, the FIOS TV is great!

So, you have to make a mental note to change the lease range before changing the physical address. That's kinda out-dated these days, they must be re-selling old equipment. Most equipment now automatically updates the lease range according to the physical address. Interesting....

FYI if you ever need it:

http://www22.verizon.com/ResidentialHelp/HighSpeed/Networking/Troubleshooting/Troubleshooting.htm