You should be able to access the router configurations through a web browser.
You laptop may be set to static ip as I remember some older SMC routers does not allow IP addresses outside their DHCP pool to access it.
Colour code for straight cable is WhOr/Or/WhGr/Bl/WhBl/Gr/WhBr/Br on both end
Colour code for cross cable is WhGr/Gr/WhOr/Bl/WhBl/Or/WhBr/Br on one end and the above colour code on the other.
Cross is for cascading 2 switches and for connecting a router directly to a PC.
HTH
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