Router/AP Host Name?

Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http configuration
screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to get
an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
192.168.0.1 address).

So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate to
push that reset button and start all over again. :-(

Thanks!

- Michael

Michael wrote:
> Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
> v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http configuration
> screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to get
> an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
> 192.168.0.1 address).
>
> So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate to
> push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Michael
>
>
You can scan your network for active IP addresses. This little freeware
program is good for that:
http://www.angryziber.com/ipscan/

Anything connected to the LAN ports on the router should be able to see it
at 192.168.0.1 -- unless you changed that manually. I do not think that the
LAN side can be assigned an address by DHCP; only the WAN side can. In any
case, if you have any computers connected to the LAN side of the router,
their gateway address (run ipconfig.exe) will be the router's address.
Also, if you disabled remote configuration (which is a good idea), then you
cannot configure the router from the WAN side -- even if you know it's
DHCP-assigned IP address.

Finally, if the router is not working properly, you can always reset it by
holding the resent button in the back for about 10 seconds. If this does
not work, try holding the button down while turning the router on.

-Yves

"Michael" <N0Spam-(E-Mail Removed)_N0Spam> wrote in message
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> Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
> v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http
configuration
> screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to
get
> an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
> 192.168.0.1 address).
>
> So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate to
> push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Michael
>
>

look up the dhcp control applet on the server and look at the pool of ip's
that are currently in use.

Xanax
"Michael" <N0Spam-(E-Mail Removed)_N0Spam> wrote in message
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> Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
> v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http
configuration
> screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to
get
> an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
> 192.168.0.1 address).
>
> So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate to
> push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Michael
>
>

On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:52:14 GMT, Michael <N0Spam-(E-Mail Removed)_N0Spam> wrote:
> Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
> v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http configuration
> screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to get
> an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
> 192.168.0.1 address).
>
> So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate to
> push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
>
> Thanks!

If the AP is the only router on your network (i.e. you're connected to
the AP via the switched and/or wireless ports and the internet cable/DSL
modem is connected to the the WAN port on it), it will most likely be
the default route for all of the PCs/hosts on your network. If any of
them are win2k/XP machines, open a DOS window and run "ipconfig".

c:\>ipconfig

Windows 2000 IP Configuration

Ethernet adapter Wireless:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : nunya.biz
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
===> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.169.1.1

"netstat -rn" will give you much of the same information, and works
on most Unixes (and Linux) as well. The 0.0.0.0 entry is the default
route, and should reference your AP. Once you know the address:

http://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd

Where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is the default gateway address.

--
- Jeff

Neat little program, but all it found were computer hosts. It didn't find
the Router/Access Point's IP address at all.

I'm guessing this program only finds PC's on the LAN? It even found my
TabletPC running across the wireless lan... but didn't find the AP. :-(

- Michael

"Jerry Park" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Michael wrote:
> > Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
> > v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http
configuration
> > screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to
get
> > an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
> > 192.168.0.1 address).
> >
> > So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate
to
> > push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Michael
> >
> >
> You can scan your network for active IP addresses. This little freeware
> program is good for that:
> http://www.angryziber.com/ipscan/

Nope I'm using a Starband satellite modem and it *has* to be connected to a
PC. Damn thing is like the old "Winmodem"... it requires software loaded
onto a PC in order to function fully.

So my Router/AP is only doing LAN work (wireless and wired... 2 wired PC's
and a wireless TabletPC I like to roam around with).

I must have changed the IP address of the AP when I installed it, because
the default IP address doesn't come back as good now when I try to http into
the thing to config it. I've no idea what I changed it to now. :-(

Thanks.

- Michael

"Jeff Drumm" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 27 Jan 2004 00:52:14 GMT, Michael
<N0Spam-(E-Mail Removed)_N0Spam> wrote:
> > Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
> > v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http
configuration
> > screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to
get
> > an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
> > 192.168.0.1 address).
> >
> > So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate
to
> > push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> If the AP is the only router on your network (i.e. you're connected to
> the AP via the switched and/or wireless ports and the internet cable/DSL
> modem is connected to the the WAN port on it), it will most likely be
> the default route for all of the PCs/hosts on your network. If any of
> them are win2k/XP machines, open a DOS window and run "ipconfig".
>
> c:\>ipconfig
>
> Windows 2000 IP Configuration
>
> Ethernet adapter Wireless:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : nunya.biz
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.103
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> ===> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.169.1.1
>
> "netstat -rn" will give you much of the same information, and works
> on most Unixes (and Linux) as well. The 0.0.0.0 entry is the default
> route, and should reference your AP. Once you know the address:
>
> http://aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
>
> Where aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd is the default gateway address.
>
> --
> - Jeff

If there is one, I've never found it on Win2k. It's not under Computer
Management console at any rate. Is there an executable that Microsoft didn't
make a shortcut to hidden in System32?

- Michael

"Xanax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> look up the dhcp control applet on the server and look at the pool of ip's
> that are currently in use.
>
> Xanax
> "Michael" <N0Spam-(E-Mail Removed)_N0Spam> wrote in message
> newsDiRb.21661$(E-Mail Removed). net...
> > Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
> > v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http
> configuration
> > screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to
> get
> > an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
> > 192.168.0.1 address).
> >
> > So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate
to
> > push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > - Michael
> >
> >
>
>

Michael wrote:
> Neat little program, but all it found were computer hosts. It didn't find
> the Router/Access Point's IP address at all.
>
> I'm guessing this program only finds PC's on the LAN? It even found my
> TabletPC running across the wireless lan... but didn't find the AP. :-(
>
> - Michael
>
It finds everything on my lan -- Access point, router, wireless print
server, etc. Same on my lan at work. If you have more than one subnet,
you may have to change the range. If your router's firewall is blocking
netbios ports, it wouldn't work either -- but then, you shouldn't see
the computers either.

This little program is especially handy when you are connecting to
another lan by VPN and that lan has no WINS server. You can scan the new
lan for computers, etc.

You might also try running it several times, just in case the AP failed
to respond due to some unknown glitch.


> "Jerry Park" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:BViRb.25533$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>
>>Michael wrote:
>>
>>>Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
>>>v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http
>
> configuration
>
>>>screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to
>
> get
>
>>>an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
>>>192.168.0.1 address).
>>>
>>>So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate
>
> to
>
>>>push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
>>>
>>>Thanks!
>>>
>>>- Michael
>>>
>>>
>>
>>You can scan your network for active IP addresses. This little freeware
>>program is good for that:
>>http://www.angryziber.com/ipscan/
>
>
>

"Michael" <N0Spam-(E-Mail Removed)_N0Spam> wrote in message news:<oDiRb.21661$(E-Mail Removed) .net>...
> Do the Linksys access point products have a host name? I have the WRT54G
> v1.1 and though it's working just fine I can't get to the http configuration
> screen anymore (I believe when I initially set it up I configured it to get
> an IP address from my DHCP server... so it's no longer at the default
> 192.168.0.1 address).
>
> So anybody know how I can find this things IP address now? I sure hate to
> push that reset button and start all over again. :-(
>
> Thanks!
>
> - Michael

The default for Linksys is 192.168.1.1 not 192.168.0.1