Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 23:31:39 +0000 (UTC) From: Will Parsons <varro@nodomain.invalid> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with wireless router inaccessibility Message-ID: <slrnl82q75.5kv.varro@anukis.local> References: <78.D4.19454.7704F725@cdptpa-oedge03> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1311100928140.90718@wonkity.com> <527FEAF9.70300@onetel.com> <slrnl800ds.1hd.varro@anukis.local> <6A.C3.19454.0D9A0825@cdptpa-oedge03>
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Thomas Mueller wrote: > from Will Parsons: > >> Are you sure it's 192.168.1.1? I have a Netgear router, and the >> manual falsely claims that that address is the default IP address, but >> I'm pretty sure that the real default was 10.0.0.1 (can't be sure for >> certain, since I've since changed it). > >> This may be not relevant to your situation, but I recently had a >> problem in that I disabled the option on the router to serve as a DHCP >> server (for reasons that I will not go into), and found that I could >> no longer reach the router, even via Ethernet. (Solution was to set a >> static IP address and default route in /etc/rc.conf.) > > Did you regain login access to the router? As I said, I temporarily set a static IP address in /etc/rc.conf: defaultrouter="10.0.1.1" ifconfig_re0="10.0.1.7 netmask 255.255.255.0" But, if I understand you, you can reach the router (e.g., via ping), but if you attempt to go to http://192.168.1.1 (or whatever), you don't get a login screen? > How do you regain login access to the router if you change its IP > address and then forget what you changed it to? > > I guess the pin-through-a-hole reset would get you back. If you've forgotten what IP address you assigned it, resetting to factory defaults is the logical solution. (Might be a good idea to keep a log book in the future when you make configuration changes.) -- Will
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