Help Finding Router Settings

[de8212]

A friend helped me set up my network a while ago and I can't remember how to access my wireless routers configuration.

The was he did it was connect my wireless router to my wired router so we had to change the default IP address. ISn't there a command I can type into the command prompt to get the ip?

tia

 

[JackMDS]

Look at the manual for the default IP, and Hard Reset the Router.

After Hard Reset the IP will revert to the default.

:sun:

 

[de8212]

Yeah, but there's a reason we changed ip addresses. I don't want to go back to deault settings and mess up my network. I just Thought there was a command that would list routers/ip addresses.

 

[sharq]

Windows: ipconfig
Linux: ifconfig
But you have to be connected to the router you're trying to get the ip of.

 

[de8212]

I got that but it's not the ip address to get into the configuration screen.

I can't remember how he set this up but it's not actually using it as a router I don't think.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: de8212
I got that but it's not the ip address to get into the configuration screen.

I can't remember how he set this up but it's not actually using it as a router I don't think.

1. If you run ipconfig then get the IP Address of the Default Gateway. This should be your router.
2. Please provide the router's make and model.

 

[de8212]

When running ipconfig on both machines, the default gateway is the same. That default gateway is the ip address of my smc barricade router (7004br, i think). I can access it on my desktop pc, but not on my laptop through the wireless router??? That's not too big of a deal, just weird that it won't connect.

My real problem is that my ip address (doing an ipconfig) on my laptop through the wireless router won't bring up the config page.


The guy that set it up does networking for a living so I know he will know what to do, just thought I could avoid bugging him and see if anyone here could help.

BTW my wirelss router is an SMC also. 2404WBR.

 

[techahbeng]

You should be able to access the router configurations through a web browser.

You laptop may be set to static ip as I remember some older SMC routers does not allow IP addresses outside their DHCP pool to access it.

 

[de8212]

laptop is set to Obtain IP Automatically.

 

[de8212]

Sending this one to the top again. HAven't messed with it in a hwile but tried again tonight.

So anyone have any other ideas?

 

[kfranc9]

If you are using a wireless router, than your default gateway on your laptop should be the ip address of the wireless router.

If that doesn't work...try the route print command (in command prompt) to see if you can find any "unusual ip addresses".

You could also try the tracert (in command prompt) to find all the ip addresses your laptop comes into contact with before it reaches its destination address. I suggest typing tracert www.krisstech.com (excluding quotations).

 

[Garion]

Q: Is it really a wireless router or is it just an access point? What's the make/model?

- G

 

[de8212]

tried everything kfranc and no luck.


garion. It is a wireless router. Here is the product info. Text


If I'm not mistaken he disabled someof the functions of it (like firewall) becasue it's going through the other router. I think it's just acting as a switch now. But shouldn't there still be a way to connect to it????????????????????????????????????????

 

[Garion]

Sorry, I missed that you you had mentioned the product name above.

There's usually two ways to run wireless - with an access point or with a router.

With an access point, it's just simply an extension of your switch. The IP addresses assigned to the wireless PC's are in the same range as the wired ones.

In routing mode, you're "hiding" your wireless PC's behind the router and only presenting one public IP to the world, just like an Internet router.

A few things to try:

Look at the IP address of a machine plugged into the switch and one that's wireless.

Are they the same except for the last digit? If so, it's running like an access point. If this is the case, you just need to start pinging. Ping .1, .2, .3, .4, up through .254. Each time you get something that responds to a ping, use your web browser to try to connect to it. Eventually, you'll find it.

If the network addresses are different (first three digits aren't exactly the same) between a wired and wireless PC, you probably need to get to manage the router by opening up the IP address of the wireless' machine's default gateway FROM the wireless computer. i.e., if the wireless machine's defaul;t gateway is 192.168.10.1, hit http://192.168.10.1 from the wireless machine. Should do it.

Good luck!

- G