access a linksys router
Tim Deppe
with no added software to my computer, running WinXP professional. I
purchased a Linksys wireless router to create a local network. The
installation was simple, and I connected to the internet without
problem.
The problem is this-I cannot access the router to change the default
security settings. You are supposed to type in the address 192.168.1.1
and this will access the program for the security settings. I get the
message server cannot be accessed.
Since I had not run the CD ROM that came witht the router, as it did
not seem necessary, I then ran the autoset-up in the CD. I stated it
could not access the internet, while at the same time a pop-up message
came through that I had new mail, and clearly can access the net.
At the command prompt, ipconfig, my computer sees the router at the
above address, and I can ping the router and other addresses on the
net.
A friend and his wife, both certified network people came over. They
plugged their laptop into one of the available ports by hard wire. The
laptop runs Win2000, and then we were able to access the address above
and work on the security settings.
However, I still cannot access the router from my desktop. I suspect
this is an OS problem, some setting in WinXP, but I am at a loss to
fix the issue.
I did note under tools/internet options/connections/LAN that the
following is marked, presumably by the satellite
network...automatically detect settings, and use proxy server for your
LAN. Under proxy server is a different address than the one above,
with a port number reference. Could the issue be in the LAN settings?
Anthony Tibbs
192.168.1.1 to the list of "bypassed" addresses, under Advanced in that
window.
"Tim Deppe" <dep...@msn.com> wrote in message
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JF Mezei
> The problem is this-I cannot access the router to change the default
> security settings. You are supposed to type in the address 192.168.1.1
> and this will access the program for the security settings.
What IP is your PC configured for ? It needs to be in the same subnet as
192.168.1.* for the PC to be able to communicate with the router directly. If
your PC obtains some address in another subnet, then you need to manually
configure your PC with a fixed IP in the 192.168.1.* subnet so you can connect
to your router.
Also if you are acessing via web interface, make sure proxy is turned off.
JF Mezei
> The problem is this-I cannot access the router to change the default
> security settings. You are supposed to type in the address 192.168.1.1
> and this will access the program for the security settings.
For your computer to be able to talk directly to your router, the router's
LAN-side IP address must be in the same subnet as your Computer's IP address.
You need to provide additional information on your setup because your problem
seems odd.
are you:
(A)
[computer]------[router]-----[modem]-----[ISP]
or are you:
(B)
[router]-----+
+----[modem]-----[ISP]
[computer]---+
????
In the (B) case, your computer probably gets its IP address from the ISP is is
therefore not in the same subnet as your router and thus cannot communicate
directly to it. While this setup would allow wireless devices in your home to
talk to your computer via the router, they wouldn't really be able to talk to
the internet, unless your account is such that it allows multiple IP adresses
per customer.
In the (A) case, if your computer can talk to the internet, it means that it
is able to reach the router. At a time when you are able to connect to
internet, are you able to find out what IP, netmask and gateway your computer
is using ?
Do you know if your computer gets its IP information from a DHCP server in the
router ? Or does it get it directly from the ISP ? In an (A) setting, no
machine on the lan should obtain DHCP responses from the ISP. You should
enable the DHCP server on the router and have the router provide local IP
adresses to your lan, and let the router deal with the ISP to obtain its WAN
side IP adress.
For machine X to talk to machine Y on the same ethernet, both machines must
have their IP adresses in the same subnet. So if your router is set to
192.168.1.1 with a subjet mask of 255.255.255.0, it means that your computer
ust have an IP address in the 192.168.1.* range. It will then consider a
request to connect to your router to be "local" and use ARP to find out what
its ethernet address is and then send packets directly to the router's LAN
side ethernet port.
For now, in order to manually connect to the router, you should set a fixed IP
adress on your PC to be in the same subnet as your router. Then you should be
able to telnet to your router and make any config changes you need.