Accessing the modem info page

[Gustavus]

My son-in-law's computer runs with a Motorola 5120 Surfboard cable modem which allows him to access IP 192.168.100.1 that shows a very detailed set of net info: upload and download bandwidths, signal levels up and down in dbm, signal to noise ratios etc. The IP 192.168.100.1 is not resolvable, so it is necessary to enter a route for it in the routers routing table:

"Find out what your router's IP address or its Default Gateway's IP address is - the router's status page should have this information and the IP usually starts with 67 or 68.

Find your router's advanced routing settings page and enter a new route like this:

Route Name : CableModem
Destination LAN IP : 192.168.100.1
Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway : (enter your cable modems' or its default gateway's IP)

You should now be able to get to the info-page in your cable-modem and find out how good your connection is. "

My router is a D-Link DI-604 and my cable modem is Best Data CMS300V2. Try as I may (and I have tried for hours on end) I cannot access the net info page at 192.168.100.1.

Do any of you know if this is peculiar to my router/ cable modem? The information is invaluable and I would like to get to it -- enough I am thinking about replacing my modem with a Motorola 5120 if that would work.

I assume lots of Anand Techies have solved the problem of getting to this info. Your help would be much appreciated.

 

[Bob Anderson]

Many modems do not reveal the type of information you are seeing on your S-I-L's modem. My ADSL Alcatel modem does not, for example.

Get the Motorola.

-Bob

 

[Oxides]

Your router and cable modem cannot be set to the same address range, which I think is happening. You need to go into the config for your dlink router and change it from 192.x.x.x to 193.x.x.x