Please - change the default IP segment

[Jim Nielsen]

I am not sure why but the default IP address is 192.168.1.32 OK I have nearly given up on the unit so maybe it isn't 32.

But Please! How can i change the default IP address because my unit keeps reverting back to the default firmware every reboot.  I have to change the IP4 segment to match the NAS and then change it to my LAN segment which is (like everyone's) 192.168.0.etc

How can I?  Please before I throw it into my bathwater.
Thank you

Jim Nielsen

[Hell Fish]

Hey Jim

Can you elaborate on "my unit keeps reverting back to the default firmware every reboot"? You mean it loads the settings of some default firmware?

I would first have a look at settings in Alt-F:


1. What is displayed in the drop-down list under "Select one"? Nothing or a bunch of .tgz?

2. After you click on SaveSettings, does a new entry appear in the drop-down?

3. Have you, in the past, tried ClearSettings or FormatFlashSettings?

[Joao Cardoso]

On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 6:48:41 PM UTC Hell Fish wrote:

Hey Jim

Can you elaborate on "my unit keeps reverting back to the default firmware every reboot"? You mean it loads the settings of some default firmware?

I would first have a look at settings in Alt-F:


1. What is displayed in the drop-down list under "Select one"? Nothing or a bunch of .tgz?

2. After you click on SaveSettings, does a new entry appear in the drop-down?

3. Have you, in the past, tried ClearSettings or FormatFlashSettings?

You forgot to ask:

4. Are you using a static or a dynamic (DHCP) IP setup?

5. What is your box model?

Do you remember if when using the D-Link firmware the box IP was a static one and the same that now insists on reappearing after a reboot?

If that is true, it is possible that Alt-F is reading and using a D-Link flash-stored file with that static IP value(*). That file can be removed from flash memory by using "FormatFlashSettings"; you should afterwards use "SaveSettings"  to save the current in-use settings.

In any case, doing  "FormatFlashSettings" followed by "SaveSettings"  does no harm and is worth trying.

(*) so new users migrating from D-Link will have the same static IP they are used to.