cannot connect to wrt54g web utility, but everything else works fine

odd problem i've been having lately - my wired and wireless networks
are both working just fine, but i cannot connect to the wireless router
on either the wired or wireless network. i can ping it and it returns
100% at a 1ms average, but typing the web address in firefox yields
nothing...

any ideas?

"Matt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> odd problem i've been having lately - my wired and wireless networks
> are both working just fine, but i cannot connect to the wireless router
> on either the wired or wireless network. i can ping it and it returns
> 100% at a 1ms average, but typing the web address in firefox yields
> nothing...

Are you sure you are pinging the router or some other device on your lan? Go
to your network connections folder and pull up your network connection
status page and look at the gateway address. make sure it's the same as the
address you are trying to access..
Have you flashed your router or are you using factory default firmware? have
you ever been able to get to the web interface?

Adair

yup, i am sure i'm pinging the router - and yes, i was initially able
to access the web utility.

Adair Witner wrote:
> "Matt" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > odd problem i've been having lately - my wired and wireless networks
> > are both working just fine, but i cannot connect to the wireless router
> > on either the wired or wireless network. i can ping it and it returns
> > 100% at a 1ms average, but typing the web address in firefox yields
> > nothing...
>
> Are you sure you are pinging the router or some other device on your lan? Go
> to your network connections folder and pull up your network connection
> status page and look at the gateway address. make sure it's the same as the
> address you are trying to access..
> Have you flashed your router or are you using factory default firmware? have
> you ever been able to get to the web interface?
>
> Adair

Perhaps it's a Firefox issue. Seems like I read/heard that different
browsers can make the difference.

So, try using IE to see it it works from there.

If I was already in IE and having problems, I'd "delete files" on and
offline under "Tools>Options" and try again. Also, be sure to type it
in completely, not just let the drop down menu fill it in....

Also, yes, better to do it via cable (on the LAN side), in case
wireless access to the router is turned off.

Another easy trick is to right click on the connection (in the task
bar) and hit "repair" this flushes out various things that get clogged
up in the connection. Type in the address again after reconnecting.

Finally, unplug and replug the router to see if that helps.

Default for this one is 192.168.1.1, right?


Steve

default is 192.168.1.1, i have it set as 192.168.1.2 because i already
have a wired router as well set to the default address...

seaweedsteve wrote:
> Perhaps it's a Firefox issue. Seems like I read/heard that different
> browsers can make the difference.
>
> So, try using IE to see it it works from there.
>
> If I was already in IE and having problems, I'd "delete files" on and
> offline under "Tools>Options" and try again. Also, be sure to type it
> in completely, not just let the drop down menu fill it in....
>
> Also, yes, better to do it via cable (on the LAN side), in case
> wireless access to the router is turned off.
>
> Another easy trick is to right click on the connection (in the task
> bar) and hit "repair" this flushes out various things that get clogged
> up in the connection. Type in the address again after reconnecting.
>
> Finally, unplug and replug the router to see if that helps.
>
> Default for this one is 192.168.1.1, right?
>
>
> Steve

also, ie doesn't work either...have tried clearing cache and all such
options, nothing seems to work...

Matt wrote:
> default is 192.168.1.1, i have it set as 192.168.1.2 because i already
> have a wired router as well set to the default address...
>
> seaweedsteve wrote:
> > Perhaps it's a Firefox issue. Seems like I read/heard that different
> > browsers can make the difference.
> >
> > So, try using IE to see it it works from there.
> >
> > If I was already in IE and having problems, I'd "delete files" on and
> > offline under "Tools>Options" and try again. Also, be sure to type it
> > in completely, not just let the drop down menu fill it in....
> >
> > Also, yes, better to do it via cable (on the LAN side), in case
> > wireless access to the router is turned off.
> >
> > Another easy trick is to right click on the connection (in the task
> > bar) and hit "repair" this flushes out various things that get clogged
> > up in the connection. Type in the address again after reconnecting.
> >
> > Finally, unplug and replug the router to see if that helps.
> >
> > Default for this one is 192.168.1.1, right?
> >
> >
> > Steve

anyone have any other ideas? linksys tech support hasn't gotten back
to me yet...

Matt wrote:
> also, ie doesn't work either...have tried clearing cache and all such
> options, nothing seems to work...
>
> Matt wrote:
> > default is 192.168.1.1, i have it set as 192.168.1.2 because i already
> > have a wired router as well set to the default address...
> >
> > seaweedsteve wrote:
> > > Perhaps it's a Firefox issue. Seems like I read/heard that different
> > > browsers can make the difference.
> > >
> > > So, try using IE to see it it works from there.
> > >
> > > If I was already in IE and having problems, I'd "delete files" on and
> > > offline under "Tools>Options" and try again. Also, be sure to type it
> > > in completely, not just let the drop down menu fill it in....
> > >
> > > Also, yes, better to do it via cable (on the LAN side), in case
> > > wireless access to the router is turned off.
> > >
> > > Another easy trick is to right click on the connection (in the task
> > > bar) and hit "repair" this flushes out various things that get clogged
> > > up in the connection. Type in the address again after reconnecting.
> > >
> > > Finally, unplug and replug the router to see if that helps.
> > >
> > > Default for this one is 192.168.1.1, right?
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve

since you already have a router, and most of them usually have 4 ports, you
are already using the .2 address (192.168.1.1 xxx.2 xxx.3 xxx.4), try
seetting it to something that doesn't conflict like 192.168.1.50 (if you
have wireless enabled, they default to wireless at .100 for 50, pick a range
that won't conflict for that too)

Matt wrote:
> anyone have any other ideas? linksys tech support hasn't gotten back
> to me yet...
>
> Matt wrote:
>> also, ie doesn't work either...have tried clearing cache and all such
>> options, nothing seems to work...
>>
>> Matt wrote:
>>> default is 192.168.1.1, i have it set as 192.168.1.2 because i
>>> already have a wired router as well set to the default address...
>>>
>>> seaweedsteve wrote:
>>>> Perhaps it's a Firefox issue. Seems like I read/heard that
>>>> different browsers can make the difference.
>>>>
>>>> So, try using IE to see it it works from there.
>>>>
>>>> If I was already in IE and having problems, I'd "delete files" on
>>>> and offline under "Tools>Options" and try again. Also, be sure to
>>>> type it in completely, not just let the drop down menu fill it
>>>> in....
>>>>
>>>> Also, yes, better to do it via cable (on the LAN side), in case
>>>> wireless access to the router is turned off.
>>>>
>>>> Another easy trick is to right click on the connection (in the task
>>>> bar) and hit "repair" this flushes out various things that get
>>>> clogged up in the connection. Type in the address again after
>>>> reconnecting.
>>>>
>>>> Finally, unplug and replug the router to see if that helps.
>>>>
>>>> Default for this one is 192.168.1.1, right?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Steve

the dhcp server defaults to start at 192.168.1.100...

i could access the server fine earlier, so there is no conflict
involved. it worked fine for the first few months that i had the
network setup...all of a sudden about a month ago (a little over a
month) i stopped being able to access the wireless router...

Peter Pan wrote:
> since you already have a router, and most of them usually have 4 ports, you
> are already using the .2 address (192.168.1.1 xxx.2 xxx.3 xxx.4), try
> seetting it to something that doesn't conflict like 192.168.1.50 (if you
> have wireless enabled, they default to wireless at .100 for 50, pick a range
> that won't conflict for that too)
>
> Matt wrote:
> > anyone have any other ideas? linksys tech support hasn't gotten back
> > to me yet...
> >
> > Matt wrote:
> >> also, ie doesn't work either...have tried clearing cache and all such
> >> options, nothing seems to work...
> >>
> >> Matt wrote:
> >>> default is 192.168.1.1, i have it set as 192.168.1.2 because i
> >>> already have a wired router as well set to the default address...
> >>>
> >>> seaweedsteve wrote:
> >>>> Perhaps it's a Firefox issue. Seems like I read/heard that
> >>>> different browsers can make the difference.
> >>>>
> >>>> So, try using IE to see it it works from there.
> >>>>
> >>>> If I was already in IE and having problems, I'd "delete files" on
> >>>> and offline under "Tools>Options" and try again. Also, be sure to
> >>>> type it in completely, not just let the drop down menu fill it
> >>>> in....
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, yes, better to do it via cable (on the LAN side), in case
> >>>> wireless access to the router is turned off.
> >>>>
> >>>> Another easy trick is to right click on the connection (in the task
> >>>> bar) and hit "repair" this flushes out various things that get
> >>>> clogged up in the connection. Type in the address again after
> >>>> reconnecting.
> >>>>
> >>>> Finally, unplug and replug the router to see if that helps.
> >>>>
> >>>> Default for this one is 192.168.1.1, right?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Steve

also, the odd part is that i can access the web util for the wired
router, can ping both, and everything else works fine (file/printer
sharing, internet, etc)...i just want to be able to connect to the
wireless router in case i want to change password/ssid, for obvious
reasons...