Changing router settings

Recenttly changed DSL providers - can access DSL directly but not when connected via my WRT54G V8 router. Tried following the on-line setup. 1st thing they want you to do is change the router IP from 192.186.1.1 to 192.168.2.1. Can do that but then router becomes inaccessible from Firefox. Only way is to do a complete reset of the router. Any ideas. Old DSL provider - Earthlink (PPOE connection) New DSL provider - dslExtreme (DHCP connection) Location San Fernando Valley in SoCal. TIA for any help Steve

Turning off the router and the back on solved that problem. IP address is changed - however going to next step of DHCP release and then renew does get anything. DSL is blind to the router. Not sure but when I was checking the new DSL connection on my Mac the instructions from dslextreme had me manually add two IP addresses into the Macs DHCP window as well as their address - dslextreme.com. Hook up with out a problem. On the PC that has the wireless router hook up was also very straight forward. It is just went the modem is connected via the router that everything goes south. SH

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WEP is no longer recommended. The FBI has demonstrated that WEP can be cracked in just a few minutes using software tools that are readily available over the Internet. Even a long random character password will not protect you with WEP. You should be using WPA or preferably WPA2 encryption.
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