- Joined
- Sep 6, 2006
I just got a router today, and asked the sales rep how to set it up, and how to prevent the SSID from being broadcasted to prevent neighbors from connecting. Once I was shown that the SSID was indeed hidden(they checked it on a different demo laptop) they boxed it back up, I took it back and tried to install it. After a few failed attempts(A,B,C,D), only reason I could think of would be that the sales rep forgot to "unhide" the SSID broadcast before boxing it back up.
A) Manually installed software via bundled CD
B) Pushed Reset button on Router and Modem
C) Unplugged and restarted Router, Modem, Laptop
D) Checked Router Presence via ipconfig
And so I attempted to reverse the process of Hiding the SSID
But when I went to check the router's Settings via 192.168.2.1(belkin), it wouldn't push through
I just kept on getting an error on the browser(the exact error report, I forgot .. but it looked like one of those "cannot find/404" errors
To be thorough, I tried other values(x.x.0.0, x.x.0.1, etc)
So what can I do to reverse the 'unbroadcast' process, when I can't even connect to the router?
I'd take it back to the shop where I got it for diagnosis, but it's nearly a 2 hour drive(another 2, going back) just for them to see what's wrong(no guaranteed fix yet)
A) Manually installed software via bundled CD
B) Pushed Reset button on Router and Modem
C) Unplugged and restarted Router, Modem, Laptop
D) Checked Router Presence via ipconfig
And so I attempted to reverse the process of Hiding the SSID
But when I went to check the router's Settings via 192.168.2.1(belkin), it wouldn't push through
I just kept on getting an error on the browser(the exact error report, I forgot .. but it looked like one of those "cannot find/404" errors
To be thorough, I tried other values(x.x.0.0, x.x.0.1, etc)
So what can I do to reverse the 'unbroadcast' process, when I can't even connect to the router?
I'd take it back to the shop where I got it for diagnosis, but it's nearly a 2 hour drive(another 2, going back) just for them to see what's wrong(no guaranteed fix yet)