The router was connected by the WAN port already. Reset, reconfigured. The URL is the SSID.
Paul On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:12 AM, Tilghman Lesher <[email protected]> wrote: > Another thought -- this device has a WAN port that is presumably > unplugged. Some devices allow configuration via the WAN port by > default, so if you plug in the WAN port, does it request an address > from the DHCP server? > > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I've used it on two networks with no modification, so there is no static > IP. > > The DHCP server does not list any IP assigned for the wireless router. I > > used Nmap to scan the current subnet. It reports the only http / https > > server is the VDSL modem. > > > > The purpose of bridge mode is for the router to solely provide wireless > > access to the network it is plugged into (which it has done > wonderfully). I > > recall there is some "magic name" that it will respond to after being put > > into bridge mode, unfortunately I don't remember what that is... :-\ I > > guess I will have to reset it and reconfigure to find out. > > > > Paul > > > > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Chris McQuistion < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> I'm betting that the device was given an IP address on the local subnet, > >> once upon a time, and he has just forgotten it. > >> > >> If that is the case, then just scanning the network might find it. > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Tilghman Lesher <[email protected] > > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> That would require that his IP be on the same subnet. If the device > >>> doesn't know how to route a packet back (no default gateway), he won't > >>> get a reply. > >>> > >>> What he will have to do is add an aliased ethernet address, with > >>> submask, then ping that subnet, and hope that ping isn't turned off. > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Chris McQuistion > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > You could do an nmap scan of your local network to find it. > >>> > > >>> > Chris > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 1:03 AM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> > >>> > wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >> I've got a Linksys E1200 configured in bridge mode for a few years. > >>> >> (I.e. > >>> >> it just acts as a wireless access point, it doesn't do anything > else.) > >>> >> Things have been working well. Now I'd like to make a minor > >>> >> modification. > >>> >> > >>> >> I've tried connecting both through wired and wireless to it. > >>> >> > >>> >> Since it is in bridge mode, it doesn't have an IP address assigned > by > >>> >> the > >>> >> DHCP server. > >>> >> > >>> >> I seem to remember there was some named URL, but I can't figure out > >>> >> what > >>> >> it is. The documentation only gives the default IP (which it > doesn't > >>> >> have) > >>> >> and possibly myrouter.local (which doesn't work). There is nothing > in > >>> >> the > >>> >> documentation specifically on connecting to it when in bridge mode. > >>> >> > >>> >> My google foo has failed. (Everything just tells you how to get it > >>> >> into > >>> >> bridge mode.) > >>> >> > >>> >> I could just press the reset button, but I'd rather not have to set > it > >>> >> all > >>> >> back up again. Anyone know what the URL name is or how to find it? > >>> >> > >>> >> Paul > >>> >> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Tilghman > >>> > > > > -- > > -- > Tilghman > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
