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Accessing a DHCP-disabled Secondary Router from Your Phone

Hey, Let's Learn Something
3 min readNov 2, 2024

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Do you need to access your secondary router with DHCP disabled? Not to worry! Here’s a simple guide on how you can access your secondary router with DHCP disabled from your phone. You can use the same process to gain access to your secondary router on the desktop.

1. Finding the IP Address
First, navigate to your device’s settings and connect to the Wi-Fi network, whether it’s your primary or secondary router. On an iPhone, tap on the information (i) icon next to the connected network to find the IP address. Regardless of whether you’re connected to the primary or secondary router, the IP address will be the same.

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2. Locating the MAC Address of the Secondary Router
Before proceeding to the next step, find the MAC address of your secondary router. Typically, you can find this information on the back of the router.

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3. Logging in to the Primary Router
Now, enter the password and log in to your primary router…

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