Changing virgin media ip

[wjwren]

The virgin media hub has an ip of 192.168.0.1 but my existing division cameras are on 1.x how can I change the virgin ip? The dhcp page on the virgin router takes an age to load. Someone technical please help!

[ging84]

Do you really mean 1.x not 10.x?

[gutbobs]

We got Virgin media broadband installed when we moved into our current house 2 years ago and I had the exact same problem.

Turned out that you couldn't change the internal IP range, so you either change your stuff to fit the VM range or do what I did which was to disable DHCP on the VM kit and set up a network with an Ubuntu server which runs DHCP and DNS services and is the default gateway. The server then has the VM router set as its default gateway, meaning that all traffic flows through the server on the way to the VM router and then the internet.

[mattley]

wjwren said:

The dhcp page on the virgin router takes an age to load. Someone technical please help!

Well that's where you want to be 'cos that's where you change it.

Might be worth rebooting the router.

[wjwren]

Ive tried rebooting the router..The camera's are 192.168.1.66 / 67/68 for example The virgin wont allow me to change to a 192.168.1.1 etc. Ive done some research on the net and it seems these stupid boxes wont allow you to put that address in. FFS!

[Heartworm]

Can you change the VM box subnet to 255.255.0.0 instead of 255.255.255.0

[Speedy11]

If I remember correctly on VM boxes the 1.x IPs are used for the guest network. So try using the guest network as your main network it might work, you never know.

[wjwren]

Ive just tried that but the guest network is only for wifi - the poe switch is in the loft for the cameras and is connected in to the back of the virgin hub. Im a bit stumped. I tried to call virgin - its a nightmare. Gave up. Only other option is to change the ip's of all the cameras.

[anarki]

wjwren said:

Ive tried rebooting the router..The camera's are 192.168.1.66 / 67/68 for example The virgin wont allow me to change to a 192.168.1.1 etc. Ive done some research on the net and it seems these stupid boxes wont allow you to put that address in. FFS!

I use my virgin hub in modem mode and use my own router so I don't know the virgin configuration pages off the top of my head so bear with me.

From a network point of view - if it lets you, you could set your virgin hub with an IP of 192.168.3.1 on a /22 subnet (255.255.252.0) which would give you a useable network range of 192.168.0.1 - 192.168.3.254

This means that any current devices on the 192.168.0.xxx range (except for 192.168.0.0 obviously as that's the network address) will still be usable, as well as devices on the 192.168.1.xxx 192.168.2.xxx and 192.168.3.xxx range (upto 192.168.3.254 being the last usable address)

[wjwren]

I should add, I use my own wifi (BT whole home) but would using another router solve my problems. So..virgin hub into say a Netgear, netgear into the BT whole hub?

[bristolracer]

Virgin routers are terrible pieces of junk

Put it in modem mode and build your own network.

[megaphone]

I've just tried on a Hub 3 and you can change the DHCP settings, it's in 'advanced'. Does take a while to load the page.