Why can't I access my linksys router's setup page?

here is the ipconfig:





Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]


(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.





C:\Documents and Settings\User%26gt;ipconfig/all





Windows IP Configuration





Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : user-164i1mvri3


Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :


Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Mixed


IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes


WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No





Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:





Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :


Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Eth


ernet NIC


Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-18-79-9E-80


Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No


IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1


Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0


Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :





PPP adapter Aliant:





Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :


Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface


Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00


Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No


IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 156.34.189.104


Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255


Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 156.34.189.104


DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 142.166.145.137


142.177.2.130


NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled








And here's what it says when i try to access it:





"The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.


The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again."





any help is appreciated|||You problem is a duplicate IP address. Normally these router use the first available IP address of their network. The message which you are seeing proves to me that the server that is resetting the connection is your own PC and not the Linksys box.





You need to change the IP address on your PC and if you really need to have a fixed IP address then you also need to put in a Default Gateway address, this address would be the IP address of the Linksys router.





Alternately, enable DHCP and you will always get a correct address and all of the other required data would always be updated.





I notice that you do not have DHCP enabled on your WAN port of the Linksys either, unless you have a fixed IP address you may run into connections at a later date. If you know that it is fixed then that is OK but if you recall that it is supposed to be Dynamic then change this setting to enable DHCP.


Another issue, you have IP routing enabled, this is not necessary and I would disable it because you only have one path out of your own network and that is through the ISP





Note to Lori:


No, not a power trip, before my retirement I was a Network Engineer, my purpose is to help people and I am very familiar with these error messages and a duplicate IP address answers this message, a cable plugged into the WAN port would just time out and give you a message that the web site could not be found.


Perhaps if you listened you might learn something.|||Your router is not detecting the Default Gateway, therefore, try to reset the router by pressing the Reset button on the back side for 1 min at least. That will clear all your settings and return it to factory settings. So you'll have to setup up the router again. Make sure you disable and re-enable your Network adapter in Windows. You can do that by going to Control Panel --%26gt; System --%26gt; Device Manager|||It appears you have a couple of things going on...





The ethernet adapter (Realtek) should have a DHCP address of 192.168.0.X, it should NOT be 192.168.0.1 as that is typically used by Linksys for it's address.


Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : YES


IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100


Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0


Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1





or





Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No


IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.100


Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0


Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1





The cable from your WAN device should be plugged into your Linksys then your computer cable should be plugged into one of the LAN slots on the Linksys.|||I agree with the second response. It appears the cables are swapped around with WAN device.





Too bad I can't just mark a thumbs down on the third response since he did it to the most correct answer.





Power trip much there "justgetiright"?