Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

Dragon has been helping me to set up my wife's laptop. I have windows XP on my computer and she has windows XP pro. I have a BT Voyager Routermodel 2110 ADSL wireless router. I can not bring up anything in any search engine except a program called netware which is a free set up program. As a 70 year old non whizz kid I am getting nowhere sadly. The card that I was given is a netgear cars 802.11B wireless pc card. 16bit PCMCIA Model MA401. I have downloaded to my computer thanks to help from Dragon the driver for this card. Anyone of you clever guys out there suggest what I can do? The initial problem is not being able tp bring up the correct page when I enter my routers code into the search engine(have tried a few browsers) Look forward to hearing from you in simple terms please.Mansewood

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

have you tried http://192.168.1.1 ? :)

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Hi madgamer, yes it was http://192.168.1.1 that I tried(sorry finger trouble) and all I get is a program called networkmagic I notice that there are quite a few people who say they can not bring up the BT site for the BT Voyager 2110 ADSL Router. I think I will have to give up. There is a local firm who will install it for £65.00 but as a pensionner really can not justify that especially with big heating bills likely to come shortly. Thanks for trying Mad gamer

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

Mansewood: Can you clarify what you are trying to do please?

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just try typing 192.168.1.1 without the HTTP://
As far as I know, network magic is a free setup tool for networks. It is somehow installed on your PC.
Go to Start=> Control Panel => Add/Remove Programs and look for Network Magic, then uninstall it.
then try 192.168.1.1 again.

Let us know what happens, we are here to help.


I have had a thought, do you use the browser bar for searching? Judging by your last post, you don't know so here goes:

Click Start => Control Panel => Internet Options then scroll through until you find the option to search from the address bar and untick it.
close all windows, open your Internet Explorer and then try 192.168.1.1 again.

I have used Vista for the past 18 months so my XP navigation is a bit rusty, someone correct me if I am wrong please.

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

Could even just try Start > Run > http://192.168.1.1

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click start > control panel > network and internet connections > network connections. right click on your connection (whichever one says connected) it will either be local area connection or wireless network connection and click status. click on the support tab and what ever the address it says on the default gateway, type that into your browser. So for example, mine says 192.168.2.1 so if i type http://192.168.2.1 into my browser i get the belkin setup page

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have you tried typing voyager.home into your browser?

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

No, he's quite right. When I enter that http address into the SEARCH box I see the same thing.

What you are doing is entering the RIGHT address into the WRONG box.

You should enter the http://192.168.1.1 into the address box in your browser, not into the search.

Please try that and get back to us.

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

TRying to set up my wife's lap top, when I enter the code given by everyonehttp://192.168.1.1 i only get a program called netware I do not get the screens advised by Dragon, I have tried several browsers all come up with same find. I am not a whizz kid (wish I was)

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

If you read the post above, check that you're entering it in the address box, NOT the search box...

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This is the address box / bar:

http://www.mydigitallife.info/wp-con...7-menu-bar.JPG


and this is the search box:

http://www.geckoandfly.com/wp-conten...ated_warez.jpg

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

Just to (hopefully) make things clearer. That http address that we have all been talking about should connect you to your router so that you can change settings. You are talking about a 'find' which implies that you are using a search engine. This is not what you should be doing. Whatever browser you are using should have an address bar where you would enter website addresses. For instance you might type www.cableforum.co.uk to arrive at this site.
It is that address bar where you need to enter the http://192.168.1.1 address to access your router.

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

..or indeed simply click on the following line:
http://192.168.1.1/

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Excellent response!

Unfortunately,that gives me an error, as my router is at 192.168.2.1

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i'm pretty sure it should be http://192.168.1.1 it is on my voyager 2110 and i'm about 99% sure I didn't change it from the default setting.

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Another thing to consider is that maybe you can't administer your router via wireless, only through rj45 cable to connect router to pc

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You can provided your connected to it.

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Routers are best administered through a wired connection. Wireless admin is not the best method.

Try
clicking Start -> choose run
enter cmd
Black box opens - type ipconfig /all

this will provide connection info similar to:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : <name>
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Virginmedia:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
The line in bold is the router address, this is what you need to put in the address bar in internet explorer, it will provide an authentification box to log into the router.
I have removed numbers from the above but specifically you need the gateway address to access your router.
If you use wireless and any of the security info is incorrect (eg SSID, encryption) you may be able to 'see it' but you will not be able to connect to it, therefore using the cable to connect directly is the most reliable method. Failing all this there should be a way to reset the modem to it's default status.

As for the laptop what are you using for the wireless connection ?
Built in transmitter or a plug in PCMCIA card.
I take it we are all assuming DHCP is used...
sc00bie

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

It won't on a voyager 2110 it will bring up a screen with some basic info and one of the options down the left hand side is advanced, then you click advanced again.

It will only ask for the authentication when you try to go into one of the settings to change it ;)

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okie, haven't seen one / used one tbh, however the issue of getting to the router still seems apparent, so at least he can find the address it's using by the ipconfig, will a least confirm if it has changed in anyway. ;)

In fact I think the netgear routers use this method for setting changes... real pain in the rear when config changing and messing about with, how many times must I log in .... Oh that'l be every change then ho humm great idea or what ! At least with the likes of others you can apply them test and then continue to change as needed.

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Least on the voyager once you've logged in once you stay logged in till you close the browser or logout ;)..

Just pondering the OP's problem did wander if he has an old firmware or anything...

It is possible to telnet a voyager on the same address but I'm not sure that would be a such a good idea as although it gives a menu its not exactly user friendly and i'm not sure if its even possible to adjust the wireless that way.

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Well at least the voyager has a better way for setting changes!

Firmware if it hasn't been flashed /changed in any way should still be ok. I remember earlier versions of IE7 wouldn't display my Linksys properly and had to resort to mozilla.

Going through the reset procedure would ensure the default address was there and leave 2 options for access 2 be sorted

Telnet is a shell environment so don't think it would work. The info is sent via http port 80 to the browser window.
Even if telnet was an option we still need to identify if IP used is correct, the the address is being put in the correct place in the browser, can be accessed using a direct cable connection.

Mansewood, could do with some feed back pls

Re: Problems finding http://198.168.1.1
 

how do you do this if you have verizon?