dont no how to log in to my router.?

Question

im good with computers but stumped... my dad put static IPs on all the computers at my house but blocked some websites from mine. i cannot find how to log into my router because when i look at the default route it is 10.2.2.254. and usually the default route is the routers ip. and i can log in by putting that in my web browser. but in this case i cant. soo. how can i login or find out the ip of the router?

Answer 1

If you really want to try to find it, you can ping all the available ip addresses in your subnet to see which ones respond. Then, try to http to each one that responds. If you're lucky, one will be the router.



If you are running Windows XP or later, the following command line command could be adapted to let the computer do the searching for you. Assuming your subnet is 10.2.2.1 through 10.2.2.254:



for /l %a in (1,1,254) do ping 10.2.2.%a >> ipscan.txt



Once it finishes (will probably take a while), you can view the output file to find what ip's actually responded:



From same command line, once the pings finish: notepad ipscan.txt

Answer 2

I've had quite a few routers in the different places, ISPs and configurations I've had over the years, most home-based routers are simple, too unsophisticated to deny you to access addresses, but allow others on the same network to those sites.



So the question then is "how could you do this?"



The static IP address gives one possibility; because if you have a static IP, you have to also set the DNS server. He could be running a DNS server and that server is configured to not resolve specific sites. This would require the least special setup in that the DHCP server is turned off at the router (it's not acting as a DHCP server) and the DNS forward could be disabled.

How would you test this? Is your default gateway the same as your DNS server's address when you run "ipconfig /all" at the command prompt? If not, then this scenario is likely.

Problem with this form of restriction, it is easily circumvented, by changing your DNS server's address to (say, your ISP's) you've bypassed his restricted DNS server.



The other way to do this requires far more setup, but is much more difficult to break. The wireless router would be connected to a PC and that would have another network interface connected to the cablemodem/DSL modem. This would not be an out-of-the-box setup, I can do it (and have done it) with a Linux server using iptables and squid, Windows would require a third party routing software capable of redirecting outbound traffic based on the destination port and a filtering proxy.

Answer 3

Hmm, a couple of things could be going on. Start first by looking up (google it) the default router ip for your make and model router and try that. If that doesn't work then it's possible that it has been changed. Not sure if the router can restrict access to a particular computer or not, but it's possible. One thing you can do is (I use XP) is open a command window and type "ipconfig /all" that will give you a report of all the important ip addresses.

Answer 4

Here is an idea, RESET THE ROUTER!



Tada! Magically everything is back to the default. If he asks what happened say there was a temporary power outage or something.



If you don't want to do that because you are a nice person, then... Um... I guess you can um.. I guess you can try cracking the password. Hmm but that too is a bit difficult. Not quite sure, lemme think some more...

Answer 5

A good question, but its better to go around the router than trying to hard reset it, cause he's going to know. It sounds like to me your going through a proxy server (linux, maybe Squid?) and the proxy is filtering the addresses. The routing table on the router is probably set to only accept the router or the proxy is acting like the router. You may want to use a circumventor (web proxy) or a VPN (Virtual Private Network)



A free VPN - http://itshidden.com/



OR try and install TOR (The Onion Router)

Answer 6

The other answerer is a twit, don't pay him any mind. Try entering "192.168.1.1" (without quotes of course) in the address bar of internet explorer. If that doesn't work, then "192.168.0.1" is your best bet.



default login is almost always "admin" with no password. Try that out and let me know if it helped any.