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nighthawk access w/o internet
while my router works fine, when the internet goes down, i lose access to rtr. when net is down i need acess most. pls point me to the docs for this issue, but i was unable to find it. tia.....
On a router when connected, the router gives your devices an IP address via its DHCP. That creates the LAN. You ISP via the modem provides the Internet signal to the router and it had the WAN IP Address. You do NOT need the Internet signal to the router to access the router. Just use a Browser as mentioned above.
What I don't understand is "ip not responding w/o intrernet connection and login.net requiers internet for dns, right??"? Where did you get that idea from?
"what is the next step? if i use the yellow cable and plug it pc to lan port 1, is that the secret back door?"
Why do you think this is valid? There is no 'secret backdoor'? Use a BROWSER to log into the router.
"i did verified 192.168.1.254 responded to ping when entire lan to wan is up, ..."
Totally confused with that statement? I'm beging to think you are not connected to the router but you modem is also a router? What is your modem make and model? What is the IP Address of your PC?
Once you don't have access to Internet, check your device's IP address. Ping your router and if it's replying, then you should be able to access your router.
i think it might be working fine as it's performing other network ativites, but ill try it.Thx for your tme to reply
i have Not been able to take that nework down to verify. i will get this done in the next 24h.
i did verified 192.168.1.254 responded to ping when entire lan to wan is up, ...
In case there is a ISP CPE in front of the router (e.g. a cable modem, a router, ...) which does fall-back to issue RFC1918 private IP addresses - and if this is overlapping with the router LAN subnet - the routers are (unfortunately) overly "smart" and reconfigure the local subnet to some 10.x.x.x /254
