Default Gateway / IP Address Issue

I have a 2019 MacBook Pro that I bought second hand. I have been using it extensively on WiFi and everything has been fine. I decided to try it with a wired connection so I bought a USB-C to Ethernet adapter and plugged my home network into it. The Mac (in Network Preferences) showed a connection, however the Gateway was a different Class C subnet than my home network and the IP address assigned was also in that subnet. The result was no internet connectivity thru the wire.


I have tried everything I know to change the default Gateway (both in Network Preferences and via Command Line but nothing has worked. I’ve even tried manually assigning the Gateway, Subnet Mask and Mac’s IP with the same results. Physical connectivity is green, but no IP connectivity.


I'm at my wits end. Wondering if there was some hard coded gateway/DHCP server from the previous owner/ISP. Below is a screen shot showing the router and IP Address that keep coming up. My subnet is 192.168.1.x


Does anyone have any suggestions?

Posted on Aug 29, 2020 3:31 PM

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Aug 30, 2020 9:03 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

For now, I wired around it. Simply inserted a standalone switch between the Ooma and the router. Then plugged the Mac and the Ooma into the switch. There doesn't seem to be a way of turning off DHCP on the Ooma. I saw some other work arounds online, but they seemed a little more convoluted. Plus I had a spare switch already. I still may play around with it a bit more, but at least I found a workaround.



Aug 29, 2020 6:28 PM in response to Chaaad614

If you have managed to connect to a different gateway, those cables do not go where you expected, or you have not connected to your main Router, or that Router has no internal connection between Wi-Fi part of the Network and the Ethernet part of the network.


There should be only one Router dispensing DHCP addresses, and all others should be set up as access points, merely passing along everything to the main Router. Otherwise you create multiple non-communicating networks.

Aug 30, 2020 8:27 AM in response to Chaaad614

<<however the Gateway was a different Class C subnet than my home network >>


Then you have not connected in the way you intended, possibly due to Router configuration issues.


At the Gateway Router, your Ethernet Network could be configured as an independent, stand-alone network, or you perhaps you have overlooked the (often obscure) way the Router manufacturer intended you to connect all media into one Network, sometimes referred to as "bridging" all the various media together.


I faced exactly that as my issue when I added another Router to my network, and wanted to charge the way all the media inter-operated.

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