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router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:58 pm
by Jamie84
anyone any idea why I cant log into my routers setting page ? Always been allowed in with "admin - admin" but not today
Need to set up some ports for P2P ,So I can download some sister sledge and I cant access it
LinksSYS
Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:06 pm
by steve_weegie
Yup, somebody logged in and changed your default password for you
If you're really locked out after rebooting it, factory reset is the only option.... Just remember to change the default password ASAP
Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:09 pm
by Jamie84
pain in the ass , pressing the reset button , admin works. I get in, reset a new password then I get locked out again

Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:12 pm
by Sanjøy
Did you buy it off ebay ? Somone might have tried to install ddwrt (I have recently) and it can change the bootloader which knckers things up when it comes to resets of pwds.
Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:14 pm
by Jamie84
well I am in at the moment , will try and get ports forwarded in the meantime .
Nope not off ebay !
Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:20 pm
by Paolo
I've been using your connection for weeks Jamie. Can't believe the range on that thing!!

Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:26 pm
by Jamie84
forwarding these posts is frying my nut .
I Use emule , and my IP changes all the time ie: 192.168.1.101 so i need to change the ports I have forwarded each time ??
Does this sound correct ?
Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:31 pm
by steve_weegie
Jamie,
If you're using port forwarding, you need to do one of these things:
1. Use a static IP address on your computer, not DHCP. Do this if you've got a desktop pc, or a laptop and dont use any other networks.
2. Setup the DHCP service on the router to always assign your computer with the same IP address. Do this is you've got a laptop and you use other networks. You'll need to feed your router the MAC address of your computers network card. You can get this from running IPCONFIG from a cmd window.
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigab
it Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-1A-F7-3B-1A-22
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.0.2(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.0.5
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.0.5
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Feed the router the physical address bit

Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:33 pm
by antonywelsh
Jamie84 wrote:
forwarding these posts is frying my nut .
I Use emule , and my IP changes all the time ie: 192.168.1.101 so i need to change the ports I have forwarded each time ??
Does this sound correct ?
no idea what emule is but...
Is that the IP address of your PC that you are looking to forward stuff to? if so, can you not setup the router with a static IP address for each device that connects - there should be a list of connected MAC addresses at any given time, you can cross reference the list, get the MAC addy of the PC and give it the same IP all the time, e.g. 192.168.0.101. Thats what i have with everything on my LAN (xbox's, laptops, PCs etc). works a treat for port forwarding.
Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:34 pm
by antonywelsh
or just what he said

Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:16 pm
by Jamie84
well I was kinda lost there to be honest , I have got it working now anyway using upnp .
Will look into it further when messes with the Ip again .
All a bit too confusing for me to be honest !
Thanks guys .
Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:19 pm
by campbell
if your password is still the default you really do want to get that sorted, a factory reset (having first output a config backup etc, if you can) is the way forward!
Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:34 pm
by steve_weegie
uPnP.... Factory Passwords.... Do you have wireless? Where do you live?

Re: router password help NLC
Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:14 pm
by Jamie84