I do not think, for one moment, that there is actually anything wrong or that any damage has been done.
Let us think back to the point of changing the IP address by which the
HG612 is addressed. The instruction to change from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 had to be given (obviously) via the 192.168.1.1 address. Once the
HG612 had accepted that instruction, there would be no more communication between it and your computer until such time as you closed the browser, terminating the now dead connection link via 192.168.1.1 and re-opened the browser, making a new connection via 192.168.1.254
If that is still a little bit confusing, consider this example. You have two telephones, connected by two separate lines, to a look-out post at the top of the tower. You pick up the green coloured phone and call the person in the look-out post on their green coloured phone and say "lets communicate via the red phone". The look-out person puts down their green phone and picks up the red phone. Now assume you have been momentarily distracted and you fail to put down your green phone and pick up your red one. You attempt to continue to talk to the person at the look-out post without success . . . until you put down your green phone and pick up the red one. That is what happened when you reconfigured the
HG612 from using the 192.168.1.1 to using the 192.168.1.254 IP address.
I need to explain that the 'reset' button on the
HG612 serves two purposes. You already know of the more advanced use, to enable access to the firmware upload page of the boot-loader. That takes place when the
HG612 is powered up with the 'reset' button being held operated. There is also a more normal use for that button and that is to reset the device to its default settings. This usage of the button would be, for example, when a mistake has been made in attempting to re-configure the device via its graphical user interface (GUI). With the
HG612 powered up, just press and hold the button for about ten seconds, then release it. Watch the LEDs. The
HG612 should reset itself to its internal defaults and re-boot. Once that has occurred, the access address will have been reset to 192.168.1.1
I'll reiterate. Nothing you have done has caused any harm or damage. It is a very confusing concept to understand. It is also very difficult to try to explain what is actually taking place.
The main rule is that you cannot have two devices with the same IP address present on a network. As, by default, both the
HG612 modem and the
HG533 router are configured to respond at the 192.168.1.1 IP address, one of them needs to be changed. It is best to change to address of the
HG612 modem and
Eric suggests using the 192.168.1.254 address. Once that has been done, everything will then work when connected as shown in
Bald_Eagle1's sketch.
Finally, would you like to disclose your home location? (Just the city, town, village or hamlet.) You never know, a fellow
Kitizen may be 'just around the corner' and could make a visit to assist you with this re-configuration task.
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