topic Re: IP range in Broadband

IP range

Mark678 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:23:03 GMT

I have the white Sky Max Hub.

My IP range is 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.253

I have a Raspberry Pi that needs reserved IP 192.168.0.254 or I will need to change many devices around the house, some are not easily accessible.

Is there something reserved on .254? Is there any way I can change the IP range?

Re: IP range

JimM1 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:30:56 GMT

@Mark678 .254 may be getting used by the Max hub, and hopefully it is allowed to be changed via the app for the IP range, would look at the other device you may be able to change that way more easily than a sky Max Hub.

Sky Max change settings link.
https://www.sky.com/help/articles/change-wifi-max-hub-settings-a

Re: IP range

Mark678 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:33:25 GMT

cannot be changed currently in the app to anything above .253, nothing is using .254, pinging that address times out.

Re: IP range

Chrisee — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:37:50 GMT

@Mark678 apart from the obvious of changing the fixed IP address of the Raspberry Pie I suspect you can use 192.168.0.254 as the router's subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 it is good practice not to use that addess as it is in some cases reserved for use by the router but I cannot find anything to say the Sky hub requires it and entering it times out on my hub.

@TimmyBGood do you agree?

Re: IP range

JimM1 — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 08:50:49 GMT

@Mark678 Just connect the Pi to the system and see what happens with it, you should be able to ping your .254 or admin it if the sky Max lets you get to the IP then you have nothing much to worry about! DHCP will not assign anything apart from the .2 to the .253 range!