Cut myself out of my own network!!!

[eviltoon]

I've been using the Belkin F5D6230-3 router for about a year now. I got curious the other day and check to see what was what. I had 13 other people using my damn internet as they were gleefully surfing free on my network. I immediately went to work and blocked a list of MAC addresses. In my hurry I entered my own address...i think. Now i cannot connect to my own bleedin' network. I can't even get in to change the settings. Anyone know what I can do?

If I buy a different brand name router, since I was planning to upgrade to a G anyway, will this allow me establish a working network and get back to normal? Or will the settings I set up with Belkin seal me out even with a new one.

 

[dfuze]

The settings are saved on the router, not the pc, so if you install a new one, the Belkin will have no effect.

Have you tried resetting your router w/ the reset button in the back? Any time I screw
up playing around w/ my Linksys I have that to fall back on.

 

[mechBgon]

1) if I had a Belkin router, I would throw it away vindictively

2) reset the router to get rid of the MAC-ban list, and/or connect to it using a standard network cable

3) enable encryption at the maximum strength that it + your NIC allow, then see if you can allow just your own MAC address, disable broadcast and DHCP, give it a strong password, and whatever other conventional feeble deterrents it supports


...or just disable wireless and stick with your trusty Cat5 cable?

 

[eviltoon]

Yes, well the cat cable is a very nice idea...and one that I am currently using. However, my wife is bound to want to use the internet sometime soon and since I don't let her anywhere near my machine...I'm going to have to go with a network sometime soon.

Anyway, I've pushed the reset button and will merrily toss the Belkin in the trash. I'll be off to get a new one soon. I'm thinking of a Linksy, or what ever it's called.

Thanks

 

[RebateMonger]

Reset the router. Then log in and enable some form of encryption, as mechBgon suggests. WPA encryption is far preferable, if supported by your router and client PC. If not, then use WEP.

Turning off SSID Broadcast and setting MAC address filters causes a lot of problems for router owners. I don't recomment those steps for most clients. Just enable encryption and you'll keep others from joining your network, using your router, and reading all your transmissions. Potential free-loaders will go elsewhere and pick another router that doesn't have encryption turned on.

I equate turning off SSID to locking your car doors, enabling MAC address filtering to installing a steering wheel lock, and Encryption to locking your car in your garage. If you lock the car in your garage, you needn't bother with locking the doors or installing the steering wheel lock.

 

[mechBgon]

Hehe, devil take the hindmost...

 

[eviltoon]

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Hehe, devil take the hindmost...

Thanks for the advice...any hints on what that is supposed to mean??? :roll:

 

[mechBgon]

Originally posted by: eviltoon

Originally posted by: mechBgon
Hehe, devil take the hindmost...

Thanks for the advice...any hints on what that is supposed to mean??? :roll:

It's a common English phrase. Think of a cheetah chasing a herd of antelope, which one does he catch? The slow one. :evil: And the freeloaders will do what RebateMonger said, they'll go for someone who has no defenses, rather than your shiny new Linksys with the WPA or WEP encryption to deter them.

Sorry for the .