Re: Can't access router config.

On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:58:22 +0000
Geoff Mills <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Hi, I recently removed my Belkin F5D7630uk4A router from my home
> network where Plusnet had been supplying the WLAN connection.
> This was exchanged for a Huawei HG520b with TalkTalk supplying the
> WLAN connection. It works fine.
>
> I want to use my currently isolated 4 port Belkin router as a switch,
> so I connected it to my laptop with a patch cable (tried a variety)
> and entered http://192.168.2.1 into the browser. Nothing came up.
> Did a hard reset to factory default of router, still nothing.
> Can anyone please tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Try this:

Set the laptop's Ethernet address to 192.168.2.2, mask 255.255.255.0

Run "route print" to find the interface index of the Ethernet adapter
and add the route to the Belkin router with

route add 192.168.2.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.1 IF 0XNNN

where 0XNNN is the hex index returned by the route print command.

(That's based on memory, could be wrong as I don't have the means to
test it ATM.)