Efficient 5861 set up

Accidentally, I found an old BT router from my friend's house. Its model
number is 5861. I am not very good at these networking things.

The manuel I downloaded from the net says its IP should be 192.168.254.254.
So I tried to ping 192.168.254.254, it returned "transmit failed, error code
65" !? I tried both setting my comp to be 192.168.254.101 (Submask
255.255.255.0), but still doesnt work! I tried to ping my comp, the same
error occured. Anything I did wrong? Does the name of workgroup matters (I
set it to be MSHOME)?

Thanks for your time.

Goyan wrote:
> Accidentally, I found an old BT router from my friend's house. Its model
> number is 5861. I am not very good at these networking things.
>
> The manuel I downloaded from the net says its IP should be 192.168.254.254.
> So I tried to ping 192.168.254.254, it returned "transmit failed, error code
> 65" !? I tried both setting my comp to be 192.168.254.101 (Submask
> 255.255.255.0), but still doesnt work! I tried to ping my comp, the same
> error occured. Anything I did wrong? Does the name of workgroup matters (I
> set it to be MSHOME)?
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
>
Sounds like a firewall problem - disable any firewall that is running,
whilst you set up the router.
Everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask ;-) , about
the EN5861 is here http://www.eusty.co.uk/

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Mark²
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I tried to uninstall Zone Alarm, and even reinstall XP... Still the problem
is there.... Then I gave up on 5861 and went out to get a DG814... : ) I
spent 10 min to setup the router... it is great... although abit pricey...

Thanks for your help....

Goyan

"Mark²" <(E-Mail Removed)> ???
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> Goyan wrote:
> > Accidentally, I found an old BT router from my friend's house. Its
model
> > number is 5861. I am not very good at these networking things.
> >
> > The manuel I downloaded from the net says its IP should be
192.168.254.254.
> > So I tried to ping 192.168.254.254, it returned "transmit failed, error
code
> > 65" !? I tried both setting my comp to be 192.168.254.101 (Submask
> > 255.255.255.0), but still doesnt work! I tried to ping my comp, the
same
> > error occured. Anything I did wrong? Does the name of workgroup
matters (I
> > set it to be MSHOME)?
> >
> > Thanks for your time.
> >
> >
> Sounds like a firewall problem - disable any firewall that is running,
> whilst you set up the router.
> Everything you ever wanted to know, but were afraid to ask ;-) , about
> the EN5861 is here http://www.eusty.co.uk/
>
> --
>
> Mark²
> Now Playing: Canned Heat - Parchman Farm
>

Goyan wrote:
> I tried to uninstall Zone Alarm, and even reinstall XP... Still the
> problem is there.... Then I gave up on 5861 and went out to get a
> DG814... : ) I spent 10 min to setup the router... it is great...
> although abit pricey...
>
> Thanks for your help....
>
Selling the 5681 then ?

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"Goyan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Accidentally, I found an old BT router from my friend's house. Its model
> number is 5861. I am not very good at these networking things.
>
> The manuel I downloaded from the net says its IP should be
192.168.254.254.
> So I tried to ping 192.168.254.254, it returned "transmit failed, error
code
> 65" !? I tried both setting my comp to be 192.168.254.101 (Submask
> 255.255.255.0), but still doesnt work! I tried to ping my comp, the same
> error occured. Anything I did wrong? Does the name of workgroup matters
(I
> set it to be MSHOME)?
>
> Thanks for your time.

Hi,

If you use win2k or xp, go to a command prompt and type:

ipconfig /release

and then

ipconfig /renew

This should release your existing IP from your network card as I suspect it
is a 169.x.x.x and you should then be able to type 192.168.254.254 in IE
and be presented with your change login screen.

Dave.