Determine the IP of your router

[tatteredpotato]

I just got a cheap wireless router made by "my essentials" Anyways I was trying to get the wireless part to work, and i ended up enabling the access point mode, which changed the IP. Is there anyway to determine the new ip of the router?

 

[Cooky]

If you didn't set up a static IP for the AP, it's gotta be DHCP assigned.
Check the DHCP client table of the server/router, and compare the MAC addresses

 

[tatteredpotato]

Hmmm, well i don't exactly know how to do that, but what I need to do is get back into the routers control panel, which is usually accessible by typing "192.168.2.1" into a browser.

When I got the router, the wireless function wasn't working so I was playing around in the control panel and ended up enabling that AP Mode, but doing so changed the ip to get to the control panel. Basically i just need to get to the control panel on this thing. Apearently it can be reset to factory defaults by holding the reset button in, but i can't seem to find the button in the little hole in the case.

Any help would he appreciated.

 

[JackMDS]

The description of what you did does not really explains the outcome.

Read the manual before you proceed there is no reason to Reset the Router unless you forgot the password and you can access the menus.

 

[Thyme]

If I understand you correctly, change the TCP/IP properties of your NIC so your IP is 192.168.2.2, your default gateway is 192.168.2.1, and you can fill in any addresses for the DNS. That should let you access the router and set it back to Router mode.

 

[HKSturboKID]

Sounds like after you set the router to be a AP, it obtained a different address from either another wireless router in or within your area. the best thing to do is reset the router and then make sure your pc/laptop is in dhcp and connected via cable. All you have to do is do a IPconfig on dos prompt and you will know the ip address of the router as it will show up as the default gateway.

 

[tatteredpotato]

Originally posted by: HKSturboKID
Sounds like after you set the router to be a AP, it obtained a different address from either another wireless router in or within your area. the best thing to do is reset the router and then make sure your pc/laptop is in dhcp and connected via cable. All you have to do is do a IPconfig on dos prompt and you will know the ip address of the router as it will show up as the default gateway.

See thats what I thought. When I tried the Default gateway i had no success and i couldn't reset it because I couldn't find that little button behind the hole. Anyways I just took it back and exchanged it and the replacement worked flawlessly without any messing around, I think the last one was just defective.