[PLUG] Setting Up Asus WL-520GC Wireless AP/Router

D. Cooper Stevenson cooper at cooper.stevenson.name
Thu Nov 4 01:13:33 UTC 2010


Hi Rich,

Just a couple of ideas to spur our thinking...

  * can you ping 192.168.1.1
  * might the router respond to an https:// request?


Very Best,


-Cooper

Rich Shepard wrote:
>    I'd like some guidance on setting up the new Asus WL-520GC WAP/Router. The
> instruction manual is totally useless -- in 23 languages, no less! -- as it
> servers only to tell readers how to insert the Windows 'EZ Setup' disk in
> their Windows computer and launch it from the startup menu. As useful as a
> rubber crutch for those of us not running a Microsoft OS.
>
>    A Google search turned up the default IP address (192.168.1.1), username
> (admin) and user password (admin). This information is not in the
> instruction manual.
>
>    I've tried to reach the Asus via the Web browser on my notebook using a
> ethernet cable from my notebook to either the WAN or LAN1 ports on the Asus.
> Neither will load the admin login page.
>
>    The notebook's eth0 is configured for the local network. If I'm accessing
> the Asus via a http connection does this matter? Should I be opening a file
> named 192.168.1.1 rather than a http connection?
>
>    A clue stick or three would be quite helpful at this point.
>
> TIA,
>
> Rich
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