Open networks router problems

[S3SR]

you know when you type the IP address and it comes up with the page for the router, the IP address i have for it dont work, 192.168.1.254 and same IP as on the page what to do?

btw im using vista and vista is the ghey for networking NO MORE manual setup....what a load of BS

also ive tried punching it and hiting it with power board out of anger

any ideas would be great

PS. it was a loaner from that ADSL2+ hype that never made it in townsville and STILL hasnt so its a gift from them

[EA2BA]

I can manual setup my vista, for fixed IP address etc etc like I can under XP

192.168.1.254 sounds more like a no network ip address for the computer then the router.

routers are more often then not, 10.0.0.0 or 10.1.1.1 something like that.

[holmsy]

mines 10.1.1.1
i think most dlink ones are to my knowledge.

[S3SR]

[QUOTE=EA2BA]I can manual setup my vista,QUOTE]
care to share?

obviously your not using that wizard, for the love of me i cant setup the netowrk manually :thebirds:

anyways yeah it says type 192.168.1.254 to access the router thing to enter username passwords etc etc.....ill try some other ones but its gonna end up in the BBQ soon

I HATE COMPUTERS

[EA2BA]

control panel -> network and sharing centre -> manage network connections on the left -> then left click on the network card and choose properties (all the same as usual some what)

[the_scotsman]

can you ping that IP address?

And yea, Vista network setup is the same as XP once you find it...

[sgt_doofey]

A good way to find the IP address of your router if is isn't the default is to have a look at the DHCP server your are obtaining your IP address from.
Click Start -> Run and type in cmd.
Once in the command prompt, type in ipconfig /all
In the display on the screen, there should be lines like this:
[CODE]IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.2.0.122
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.2.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.2.4
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.2.5
10.3.100.11[/CODE]
Your router should be the IP address in the line in bold above.

Just out of curiosity, you have tried turning the modem off and back on again? It could be that the webserver it runs for the configuration pages has packed it in.

As for those other people saying that the IP address might be in the 10.x.x.x range, Billion, Linksys, Zyxel and (so it seems) Open Networks, all use 192.168.1.254 as the IP address for the modem, from my experience.

[kieran23]

[QUOTE=sgt_doofey]A good way to find the IP address of your router if is isn't the default is to have a look at the DHCP server your are obtaining your IP address from.
Click Start -> Run and type in cmd.
Once in the command prompt, type in ipconfig /all
In the display on the screen, there should be lines like this:
[CODE]IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.2.0.122
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.254.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.2.1.254
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.2.4
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.1.2.5
10.3.100.11[/CODE]
Your router should be the IP address in the line in bold above.
QUOTE]
The router would be the Default Gateway

[red_october]

Sounds like you got a Billion router. I have the same problem, where after a certain amount of days, I can't open my router config page. I just turn the thing off and on again, it works after that.

[S3SR]

yeah tried all that, ipconfig /all, net view, netstat -(all of them) ping (router IP), plug into xp machines, smack it a few times.... now its in half as i ripped the wireless antenna out and it had a fit, so i cut it in half

waiting for my netgear the new N series ones... the only router to NEVER give me any dramas and do as i want not as it wants... and actually be good quality

thanks for your help though