Hi Again Mark, This is what I learned from 1 of my best friends about how to access a router since I typed to you last:
1. type, C M D, into the run dialogue using lower case letters & press enter to open the command prompt. 2. Now, type, ipconfig, & press enter. That's I P C O N F I G. 3. Now, route the Jaws cursor to the PC cursor, press page up, & arrow down 1 line at a time until you hear, Default gateway & the numbers next to, Default Gateway will be your IP address. Default Gateway 192.168.1.1 The numbers including the points is your Router IP address. 4. Press the PC cursor key to go back to the PC cursor & type, exit, & press enter to exit the command prompt. 5. When you put your IP address into the run dialogue you need to put, http://, in front of the IP address. So, this is what it would look like in the run dialogue: http://192.168.1.1 6. Type, http://192.168.1.1, into the Run Dialogue & press enter. Now, tab to the password edit field, type in your password, tab to okay, & press enter. You will now be in your router settings. The IP address for your or anyone elses router might be different than the 1 above but, look for Default Gateway to find your IP address. Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Torgerson To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Accessing My Router Hi I could be wrong, but the only way I know of to be completely certain of getting the router brand is to ask a sighted person. Once you have that you can search the web for the IP addresses used by the manufactorer. Sometimes the mottle number is not clear even to a sighted person. One trick to find the brand of router is: if you have your wireless on your router turned on, look in your wireless connection. If it is lleft in the basic format, it will say something like 2wire 482. Where 2wire is the brand and 482 is the mottle number. If you are lucky and are able to find this information under the wireless connection. it makes searching for the IP address faster. I hope this helps. God bless, Mark, Redeemer Secretary God loves You! http://www.christiantraditions.info -----Original Message----- From: Mike B. Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 3:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Accessing My Router Hi Mark, Thank you very much for your reply. I thought I had my router name & model# saved somewhere but, I don't! I have all my modem info saved but, that doesn't do me any good at the moment. Is there somewhere in the computer that will tell me what brand the router is? I've looked in the device manager & in the control panel but, I'm not sure if I looked in the correct places. I'm running XP Pro, I forgot to mention this in my original post. Thanks again. Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Torgerson To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Accessing My Router Hi Mike, Nomemally, the router has an IP address that one puts in the address bar of their web browser. If you know the name and mottle number of your router, you can usually find the IP address on line. Anyway this should open what looks like a web page. However, it is actually coming from within your router. This page usually has all the access to the settings for the router. One thing I do know from experience is that you may have to try a few different IP addresses since manuactorers may use several for different mottles ETC. I hope this helps. God bless, Mark, Redeemer Secretary God loves You! http://www.christiantraditions.info -----Original Message----- From: Mike B. Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 1:51 PM To: Blind Computing Subject: [Blind-Computing] Accessing My Router Hi All, I've been hearing a lot about Plug & Play needing to be turned off in the router to help prevent someone from accessing it, how do I open the router to check this setting? All help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all very much. Take care. Mike This email was sent from my, iBarstool. For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
