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mitulpatel2003
Dec 19, 2014Novice
Router login issues
Hello,
So I am having a very frustrating issue logging into my router. I cant seem to login to my router using ip address or routerlogin.net after a certain amount of time. If I reboot my router, I can login without any issues, do whatever I need to do and all is well, but it seems like after a while, my router time out and then I can login access the page... I get a "This Page is not Available" in Chrome.
I have tested with Chrome, Safari Firefox (on both Mac and PC, on 2.4 and 5.ghz connection, as well as hardwired directly into the router). I have also tested same settings on a IBM machine, including using IE
Internet seems to be running fine, (I can even ping the default gateway) but every time I create a new VM on my test server I need to assign it a static IP address and need to login, and hate that I have to keep rebooting my router to doit.
Is there a setting or something I am missing?
thanks in advance for any help.
So I am having a very frustrating issue logging into my router. I cant seem to login to my router using ip address or routerlogin.net after a certain amount of time. If I reboot my router, I can login without any issues, do whatever I need to do and all is well, but it seems like after a while, my router time out and then I can login access the page... I get a "This Page is not Available" in Chrome.
I have tested with Chrome, Safari Firefox (on both Mac and PC, on 2.4 and 5.ghz connection, as well as hardwired directly into the router). I have also tested same settings on a IBM machine, including using IE
Internet seems to be running fine, (I can even ping the default gateway) but every time I create a new VM on my test server I need to assign it a static IP address and need to login, and hate that I have to keep rebooting my router to doit.
Is there a setting or something I am missing?
thanks in advance for any help.
- Hi Andy --
Hard reset seems to have worked. Thanks!
For the curious:
First thing that happened was the router reported searching for another router on the network. Didn't find one and proceeded to reset the router to factory specs.
Once that came up I restored my previous settings that I had saved while I still had access to the router.
Still curious what it set itself to last month when I tested my olde 3700 (which, incidentally works fine behind an AT&T router at my other house -- and has a lot more range and SPEED than the AT&T.
-- Chuck
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- olsbygAspirantOlsbyg, are you sure the router IP is 10.0.1.1? Did you set this range or was it set by the router? If set by the router this often indicates that there is already a router in your LAN, often DSL modems are routers. Typically in that case the Netgear router will set the LAN subnet to 10.0.0.x, not 10.0.1.x.
If you go to a Command Prompt (Start, All programs, Accessories, Command Prompt) and type , if you look at the Gateway IP for your adaptor you should see the router IP address.
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I set the 10.0.1.1 range and mac reserved several machines. I also have dhcp running for those devices I don't reserve. See below for the ipconfig info.
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.50(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 6, 2015 12:37:34 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, January 7, 2015 2:28:06 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.1
DHCPv4 Class ID . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.1.1 - Chuck_sAspirantThanks.
Any idea how find the address?
-- Chuck - Babylon5NETGEAR Employee RetiredA computer which has been allocated IP data from the router via DHCP will, as per olsbyg’s example above, have a Gateway IP address, this is the address of the router.
At a Command Prompt (Start, All programs, Accessories, Command Prompt) type ipconfig /all - Chuck_sAspirantDefault gateway shows as 192.168.1.1 (as normal). Can't find anything there.
"Connection was reset."
-- Chuck - Babylon5NETGEAR Employee RetiredWas it listed as a DHCP served address i.e. with a lease time?
- Chuck_sAspirantHi Andy --
Here's the data:C:\Users\Chuck>ipconfig /all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Dual_CPU
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-35-36-4F-C7
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:44e2:44cf:e472:605f:a8f4:50de:e9dd(P
referred)
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:44e2:44cf:e472:bce6:d52d:8f78:badf(P
referred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::605f:a8f4:50de:e9dd%11(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.4(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 05, 2015 19:42:12
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Sunday, January 11, 2015 07:42:11
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : fe80::224e:7fff:fec0:58d9%11
192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234886709
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-17-B5-8B-42-00-16-35-36-4F-C7
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::224e:7fff:fec0:58d9%11
192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled
Tunnel adapter isatap.{842961B1-DD76-4E51-B1C9-841C0983969C}:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
C:\Users\Chuck> - Babylon5NETGEAR Employee RetiredWell that all looks OK to me.
I suggest that you connect the PC to the router with an Ethernet cable only, not wireless, and factory reset the router. - Chuck_sAspirantI'll try the reset. PC is direct connect to the router, not wireless (although there are wireless devices on the net).
-- Chuck - Chuck_sAspirantHi Andy --
Hard reset seems to have worked. Thanks!
For the curious:
First thing that happened was the router reported searching for another router on the network. Didn't find one and proceeded to reset the router to factory specs.
Once that came up I restored my previous settings that I had saved while I still had access to the router.
Still curious what it set itself to last month when I tested my olde 3700 (which, incidentally works fine behind an AT&T router at my other house -- and has a lot more range and SPEED than the AT&T.
-- Chuck - Babylon5NETGEAR Employee RetiredWhile it is of course great that you have a working system again, I personally hate having to factory reset anything since most times it will clear the problem but will not eliminate it. Hopefully the problem in your case is gone and can be forgotten.