[PLUG] Resetting hostname and IP address

[Galen Seitz]

Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Galen Seitz wrote:
> 
> > I agree with the others.  I think you need to find out how to reset the
> > unit to the factory defaults.
> 
>   Hokay, here's the poop. According to the fold up page that came with the
> unit, the host attempting to connect to the WAP should have an IP address of
> "192.168.1.xxx where xxx is greater than 100". (Checked for typos: OK) If
> that does not permit access to the router's admin page, then the reset
> button must be held down for at least 35 seconds (!) to restore factory
> defaults. So, ...
> 
>   I held down the reset button for 35 seconds. Then I rebooted the laptop,
> gave it a second IP address of 192.168.1.150 (Typo checks ... OK) and tried
> to access the admin page using mozilla. Message box pops up, "Connection
> refused when trying to access 192.168.1.1".
> 

I'd try ping as well as your browser.  Also, is it possible that you
have some type of firewall rules set up that would prevent you from
talking on a different subnet?

galen