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Why change the router IP?

Every now and then I found a router where the default IP address has been changed. For example, Linksys routers come with a default address of 192.168.1.1 But I will find that it has been changed to something like 192.168.1.200

In most cases I find this where the previous tech was trained in networking. Since I am completely self-taught, I have no idea why they would change it. Do you know?

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Also, in the case of keeping the default IP of 192.168.1.1, your maximum host/computer in your subnet is 254 (minux your router)... so If you have 255 computers in your network, you have to reconfigure your router to a different subnet.

Reading back the question, I think the most likely scenario is that 192.168.1.1 is already taken by another device (i.e. IP Address conflict)... Since they are in TRAINING, it makes sense that the only solution to that problem is to change their test router's IP address rather than changing the other IP.

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