Media Disconnected, New Router, Cannot Renew IP

I just bought a netgear router to create a new access point for a mother-in-law apartment in a new home. There is one level above me where the owners live. They also use a netgear router and are assigned the same ip. I realized the internet wouldn't connect past the routerlogin page at 192.168.1.1 from which I attempted to make changes. Two notable changes were made:

1. I changed the ip to 192.168.0.1 and something else to 192.168.0.2
2. Acted the router as an Access Point (Wish I just did this and not the 1st)

I also successfully release the ip before failing to renew it. I reset the Winsock entries and IPv4 and 6 TCP/IP stacks. I also reinstalled the network and bluetooth network adapters.

The problem definitely appears to be the router and not the network or computer itself as I am still able to connect to the router upstairs.

Since then, the ipconfig/all reads as follows:

C:\Users\ceise>ipconfig/all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : DESKTOP-B33M6U3
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C6-9D-ED-B3-E7-AA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 12:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C6-9D-ED-B3-E2-AA
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell AVASTAR Wireless-AC Network Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C4-9D-ED-B3-E6-AB
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::543e:f553:d345:6b65%5(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.107.101(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 298098157
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-22-E3-D1-09-C4-9D-ED-B3-E6-AB
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : C4-9D-ED-B3-E6-AC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

The 169.254.x.x range of IP addresses is reserved by Microsoft for private network addressing. If you have a pc set to automatically obtain an IP and you receive one of these addresses, windows has assigned this because it cannot find a DHCP server within the network subnet.

You are not connected to any router as the Default Gateway not showing router ip address.

EdTittel said:

APIPA (Automatic Private IP Addressing, a Microsoft addressing technique) only comes into play when Windows has no automatic addressing via DHCP, as @FreeBooter has observed, but also no static IP address assignment, either. When getting hooked up to an ISP, most small offices/home users typically rely on Network Address Translation (NAT) services to get from local Private IP addresses to an assigned IP address on the upstream side of the boundary device/router that moves packets on and off the ISP link.

If you configure your downstairs (closest) NetGear as a Wireless Access Point, it will (a) get an IP address from the other router, and (b) allow devices to connect through it to the other router. I think that's what you want to try next. Otherwise, a phone call to NetGear tech support seems warranted. I'm sure they'll be able to help you out. Read about my recent router misadventures along the same lines at Cycling Power Fixes Wireless Weirdness.
HTH,
--Ed--

I'm not sure how to make the adjustments as I am unable to access the router through the url by typing in the ip any longer. Is there another way I can access it?