D-Link DWL-G710 no login?

I inherited a DWL-G710 range extender and after much farting around
appear to have it working at 11mbps with my SMC Barricade G router. At
least, I can access its configuration webserver via the router without
a wired connection to it. Surprising thing is that there is no security
on the webserver when accessing it this way. There was when I went
through its wired port. That seems to be pretty insecure if it was used
on much more than a family LAN - anybody with LAN access could discover
it.

Anyone else have the same behavior? It's running Firmware Version
v1.04, Mon, 19 Dec 2005 after a problem-free upgrade from 1.03.

On Jan 24, 5:35 pm, "Tom" <holden_fam...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Surprising thing is that there is no security
> on the webserver when accessing it this way. There was when I went
> through its wired port.

Hmmm, there is a login some of the time. It appears that something can
trigger its security but I don't know what. In order of probability:
1. Power interruption to the DWL-G710 causng a restart.
2. Disabling/enabling wireless on the SMC router
3. Something else
Time does not appear to be a factor.