[SOLVED] Router login

[TechNut79]

If this isn't in the right area, please move it.

I just went in to manage my router in the connection settings > WiFi and realized that the setting isn't there anymore. Or am I just being silly and not seeing it. I also tried going to my router login site and it won't load. Is this the router's way of telling me it's old and needs to be replaced? It is almost 10 years old. Thanks for any input.

 

[B. Diddy]

I presume you're entering the default IP address for the router in your URL bar, correct? Are you certain the IP address was never changed?

 

[Laura Knotek]

Have you tried using the command ipconfig in the terminal on a Windows PC? Default gateway will be your router's IP address.

 

[TechNut79]

I presume you're entering the default IP address for the router in your URL bar, correct? Are you certain the IP address was never changed?

I assume I'm entering it correctly. If it changed, I don't know how. I'm techy, but not that techy.

 

[TechNut79]

Have you tried using the command ipconfig in the terminal on a Windows PC? Default gateway will be your router's IP address.

I haven't, but I'm going to attempt it now.

 

[TechNut79]

Have you tried using the command ipconfig in the terminal on a Windows PC? Default gateway will be your router's IP address.

I pinged the default gateway and it completed within seconds, so now I'm even more confused.

 

[TechNut79]

Ok, so I ended up unplugging the modem and router for a couple of minutes and then plugged them both back in. It's all working now. I should have just done that from the start. Thanks everyone.

 

[B. Diddy]

Ok, so I ended up unplugging the modem and router for a couple of minutes and then plugged them both back in. It's all working now. I should have just done that from the start. Thanks everyone.

LOL, the cliched "turn it off and turn it on again" solution actually works!

I'll mark this as solved.

 

[TechNut79]

LOL, the cliched "turn it off and turn it on again" solution actually works!

I'll mark this as solved.

Lol. I honestly should always try that first. I don't know why I didn't in this instance.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Ok, so I ended up unplugging the modem and router for a couple of minutes and then plugged them both back in. It's all working now. I should have just done that from the start. Thanks everyone.

I'm glad you got it sorted.

 

[spARTacus]

If this isn't in the right area, please move it.

I just went in to manage my router in the connection settings > WiFi and realized that the setting isn't there anymore. Or am I just being silly and not seeing it. I also tried going to my router login site and it won't load. Is this the router's way of telling me it's old and needs to be replaced? It is almost 10 years old. Thanks for any input.

I've periodically noticed "manage router" as part of Wi-Fi settings when connected to certain Wi-Fi networks, and then periodically also noticed it not there for other Wi-Fi networks. I haven't ever noticed what the pattern is for why sometimes it's there and why not, but for me it is irrelevant of rebooting the router.