Advice on Wireless Network II

RacerPaulRacerPaul
edited February 2007 in Science & Tech
Im having trouble logging on to 198.162.1.1 in order to change router access password in the setup. The instructions say leave the user field blank and use the default password 'admin' to log onto the web based setup utility.

Any clues?

Paul

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  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited February 2007
    Paul,

    Welcome to Short-Media. I see you're new but you should know that its kind of frowned on to jump into someone else's thread so I moved your post over here.

    I don't know if your IP address is a typo but that could be the problem. You wrote 198.162.x.x.......it should be 192.168.x.x. Try that. If that doesn't get you in come back we'll get it figured out.
  • RacerPaulRacerPaul
    edited February 2007
    mtrox wrote:
    Paul,

    Welcome to Short-Media. I see you're new but you should know that its kind of frowned on to jump into someone else's thread so I moved your post over here.

    I don't know if your IP address is a typo but that could be the problem. You wrote 198.162.x.x.......it should be 192.168.x.x. Try that. If that doesn't get you in come back we'll get it figured out.


    Thanks Guru...checking now.

    Paul
  • RacerPaulRacerPaul
    edited February 2007
    Nope... got to the proper # 192 168 1 1 with the "." and left the user field blank and entered 'admin' but could'nt get in?

    ???

    Paul
  • MadballMadball Fort Benton, MT
    edited February 2007
    try 'admin' for both user and password.
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited February 2007
    Paul,

    I few things. For you to get to 192.168.1.1, your IP must be in the same subnet. That means you have to have 192.168.1.x. So.............in XP (I assume?) go to Start> Run..., then in that Run box type "cmd" (no quotation marks), then hit Enter. You should get a command prompt window. Then just type "ipconfig", then Enter. What is your IP address and the address of your gateway?
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited February 2007
    Sorry, sounds like your past that if you're getting a logon. The default for Linksys is:
    user = blank,
    and password = admin

    If that's not working, you'll have to reset the router. The user name will then be as described above.
  • RacerPaulRacerPaul
    edited February 2007
    mtrox wrote:
    Sorry, sounds like your past that if you're getting a logon. The default for Linksys is:
    user = blank,
    and password = admin

    If that's not working, you'll have to reset the router. The user name will then be as described above.





    Here's what the black screen said...


    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6000]
    Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
    C:\Users\Owner>ipconfig
    Windows IP Configuration

    Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::aca4:4122:7f3c:fb6%9
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5efe:192.168.1.100%11
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
    Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4136:e37a:401:43:3f57:fe9b
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::401:43:3f57:fe9b%12
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
    C:\Users\Owner>




    Thanks for hangin in w/ a newby... If I do the 5 second reset button ting, will it return all to factory defaults and will I be up and running still? ...I'm worried about screwin things up.

    Paul
  • RacerPaulRacerPaul
    edited February 2007
    BTW... Im on an Acer Aspire 5610Z Laptop running Vista


    Paul
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited February 2007
    Good, then the default gateway is the address of your router. 192.168.1.1 should get you an authentication box where you can plug in a user name and password. If user = ............. and password = admin don't get you in, then you have to reset your router. On a Linksys you just hold in the little reset button with a paper clip for 30 seconds and it reverts to default settings.

    Every now and then I read a Linksys document that makes it sound like the default user name and default password are both "admin". I've done a lot of 'em and have never seen that. My experience, and most Linksys docs, tell you user is blank and passwd is admin. Try both just in case, but if you get an authentication screen and still can't log in after a reset, something's wrong with that router.
  • RacerPaulRacerPaul
    edited February 2007
    mtrox...tried blank for user as well as admin for user and passwords. No Joy!

    When I do the reset on the router and all returns to default setings, am I gonna have to do anything special to get back on w/ the laptop? Run the install wizard again from the laptop?

    Thanks, Paul
  • mtroxmtrox Minnesota
    edited February 2007
    Nope. You don't need to do anything special after the reset. All settings will be default...that means 192.168.1.1 is the address and user name and password are default too.
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