Please help me get into a WAP54G

There is a WAP54G AP connected to a wired network. The AP works fine, but I
need to configure some security settings on it. The install disk with the
Linksys web utility is no longer on site, but I am aware that you can
configure the device from a browser. However, I cannot get in. I have
scanned the network with Angry IP Scanner, but I do not find the AP, so no
IP address to go on. So I did a manual reset, which should have defaulted
the AP to 192.168.1.245. But I still cannot open the built-in webserver,
and it doesn't respond to a ping. I have tried from the network; I have
tried from a wireless client; and I have tried with a patch cable directly
to the lan port from my laptop.

What am I missing?

jm

"JM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> There is a WAP54G AP connected to a wired network. The AP works fine, but
> I
> need to configure some security settings on it. The install disk with the
> Linksys web utility is no longer on site, but I am aware that you can
> configure the device from a browser. However, I cannot get in. I have
> scanned the network with Angry IP Scanner, but I do not find the AP, so no
> IP address to go on. So I did a manual reset, which should have defaulted
> the AP to 192.168.1.245. But I still cannot open the built-in webserver,
> and it doesn't respond to a ping. I have tried from the network; I have
> tried from a wireless client; and I have tried with a patch cable directly
> to the lan port from my laptop.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> jm


Try 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1
you are using the wrong address for factory reset.

"Teddybare" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "JM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >
> > There is a WAP54G AP connected to a wired network. The AP works fine,
but
> > I
> > need to configure some security settings on it. The install disk with
the
> > Linksys web utility is no longer on site, but I am aware that you can
> > configure the device from a browser. However, I cannot get in. I have
> > scanned the network with Angry IP Scanner, but I do not find the AP, so
no
> > IP address to go on. So I did a manual reset, which should have
defaulted
> > the AP to 192.168.1.245. But I still cannot open the built-in
webserver,
> > and it doesn't respond to a ping. I have tried from the network; I have
> > tried from a wireless client; and I have tried with a patch cable
directly
> > to the lan port from my laptop.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > jm
>
>
> Try 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1
> you are using the wrong address for factory reset.
>

From the WAP54G Quick Install guide:

IP Address. This IP address must
be unique to your network. (The

default IP address is

192.168.1.245.)

"JM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>the AP to 192.168.1.245. But I still cannot open the built-in webserver,
>and it doesn't respond to a ping.

Then it's broken, try the reset again. Is the rest of your LAN at
192.168.1.xxx?

JM wrote:
> There is a WAP54G AP connected to a wired network. The AP works fine, but I
> need to configure some security settings on it. The install disk with the
> Linksys web utility is no longer on site, but I am aware that you can
> configure the device from a browser. However, I cannot get in. I have
> scanned the network with Angry IP Scanner, but I do not find the AP, so no
> IP address to go on. So I did a manual reset, which should have defaulted
> the AP to 192.168.1.245. But I still cannot open the built-in webserver,
> and it doesn't respond to a ping. I have tried from the network; I have
> tried from a wireless client; and I have tried with a patch cable directly
> to the lan port from my laptop.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> jm
>
>
>
>
>
>
Connect the AP to your laptop. Change your laptop IP address temporarily
to 192.168.1.1. subnet 255.255.255.0. Then using your browser enter
http://192.168.1.245. This should bring up the password box. Username is
blank, password is admin.

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"Rick Ankrum" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> JM wrote:
>> There is a WAP54G AP connected to a wired network. The AP works fine,
>> but I
>> need to configure some security settings on it. The install disk with
>> the
>> Linksys web utility is no longer on site, but I am aware that you can
>> configure the device from a browser. However, I cannot get in. I have
>> scanned the network with Angry IP Scanner, but I do not find the AP, so
>> no
>> IP address to go on. So I did a manual reset, which should have
>> defaulted
>> the AP to 192.168.1.245. But I still cannot open the built-in webserver,
>> and it doesn't respond to a ping. I have tried from the network; I have
>> tried from a wireless client; and I have tried with a patch cable
>> directly
>> to the lan port from my laptop.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>> jm
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Connect the AP to your laptop. Change your laptop IP address temporarily
> to 192.168.1.1. subnet 255.255.255.0. Then using your browser enter
> http://192.168.1.245. This should bring up the password box. Username is
> blank, password is admin.

This finally worked after a manual reset and letting the AP sit overnight.
It wouldn't reset using the "straightened paper clip shoved in the reset
button hole for 10 seconds" method that I've used for years ; )

A reset and unplug for several hours seemed to do the trick, however.

jm

"William P.N. Smith" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "JM" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>the AP to 192.168.1.245. But I still cannot open the built-in webserver,
>>and it doesn't respond to a ping.
>
> Then it's broken, try the reset again. Is the rest of your LAN at
> 192.168.1.xxx?

The LAN is not in that range, but I assigned a number in that range to my
laptop's e'net card. Turns out that the manual reset wouldn't take until I
let the AP sit unplugged for several hours.

jm