Re: Resetting Buffalo logins and password

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:31:45 -0700 (PDT), fig000
<neilnewton001@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The console is the configuration page; that's what people I know
call it.

Was this a mainframe shop? That's the only computah I know that
actually has a real desk type console. For PC's it's the boot screen
the displays boot messages. See:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_console>

I was able to get to it using 192.168.1.1 even a week ago.

That was before it was reset?

A
mistake on a family member's part reset the everything. I don't know
how they did it.

They didn't do anything. I've had the WHR-G54S and WHR-HP-G54 series
boxes reset themselves to defaults by themselves. I have no clue how
it was done. I suspect power glitches as there was electrical wiring
exercises or power failures in progress during several resets. It's
also far to easy to punch the easily accessible reset button.
Incidentally, all mine were with DD-WRT firmware, so it's not a
firmware bug.

As of now going to that 192.168.1.1 now takes me to
ask.com. I'm not sure why.

I do. See below.

I'm not experienced witht wireless access point so please excuse my
stupidity.

I'll excuse inexperience and lack of arcane knowledge. Stupidity
implies an unwillingness or inability to learn, which is NOT
excuseable.

WRT is the actually name given to the access point by the
person who set it up for me a firmware brand or anything like that.

Is that *YOUR* wireless router or the neighbors. I'll guess from your
description that it's yours. When you reset it, it reverted to
DD-WRT, the default for DD-WRT firmeware. Is that yours or the
neighbors? If you're looking in the list of available networks,
refresh it, as it may have the old name still in it.

It's just a coincidence that it has WRT in the name. WRT is what came
up last night in the list of wireless networks when I used my laptop.
After I reset the buffalo, I saw two versions with the names: WRT and
DD-WRT. Today it seems that that WRT is no longer available but DD-
WRT is still there.

That's correct. WRT was the old name that was cleared when you
punched the reset button. The default name for DD-WRT is DD-WRT.

I can see that that might indicate that I'm using
some form of what you called wrt but I don't remember having to deal
with that when I set this up the first time. I simply go into the
configuration screen and played around with the mac address (no
cloning as far as I remember) and got it to work.

Yep. It really is quite simple. However, you'll also have to do the
wireless configuration later.

My provider is Knology.

<http://www.knology.com>

What state?

I note that Knology offers static IP addresses. Do you pay for a
static IP address (i.e. business account)?

The model number is : WHR-G54S.

Thanks.

I am using a wired connection for connnection. I have an old
computer that was connected to our cable box. When I got the buffalo I
connected it to the cable box and then connected the buffalo to the
computer. Actually everything worked right back then, after I sort of
randomly changed the mac address (I think I incremented the last digit
by one but I can't be sure).

That's fine as long as the cable company does NOT use the MAC address
for authentication.

I would try the admin and root credentials to configure the buffalo
and I do seem to remember the DHCP property but I can't get into what
I call the console. I've tried both 192.168.11.1 and 192.168.1.1. Both
bring me to ask.com with "listings" for those ip addresses.

Let me guess. You're using Internet Exploder 6 or 7? For those, you
have to inscribe the full URL as in:
http://192.168.1.1/
If you forget the http or the ending "/", the stupid browser thinks
you're trying to lookup a buzzword and goes to your default internet
search provider. At some time, you installed ASK.COM as your default
search provider. You may want to change this to something else, or
simply disable searching from the URL window.

I did have a list of all the paramaters but someone lost it for me
(my grandson).

"The dog ate my homework"? There should be something on the router
setup in the Knolgy support page. After a dozen clicks and menus, I
found:
<http://support.knology.net/content/>
Start here, as if you were making a new connection:
<http://support.knology.net/content/setup.new.connection.cfm>
Looks like you MUST clone the MAC address. Make sure you do it with
the original computer that was used to setup the system. If you can't
recall, or were twiddling the MAC address, just call Knology support
and have them reset their end of the authentication mess.

It also appears that you must setup the WAN connection for DHCP.
Instructions are on that page.

Anyway, I'm taking stock and I have a feeling that I've dug myself
too deep to get out of this.

It's easy. You just bombed on the first step. Use the full URL. If
you're wondering what the real IP address of the router is, do this:
Start -> Run -> cmd <enter>
IPCONFIG
The IP address on the gateway line is your routers IP address.

There are too many topics I don't
understand including the mac address cloning for me to be sure that I
understand what I have to do.

Yeah, yeah. Look at it this way. Would you rather talk to someone in
India? I didn't think so. So, sit down, read what I wrote, follow
the instructions, and cease complaining.

I appreciate your help and will try any
suggestions you have but I may have to buy another one.

Can I buy your old one (cheap)? I like Buffalo products.

Since I can't
get to the places where I can configure the buffalo using the ip
address I'm sort of stuck in the water.

The water is fine after you get used to the temperature.

Thanks again and let me know if you have any other suggestions.

Do the following:
1. Find the gateway IP address with IPCONFIG.
2. Use the full URL for connecting to the router.
login: root passwd: admin
3. Setup the WAN page for DHCP.
4. Clone the MAC address of your computer.
5. Check if it works.
6. If not, call Knology support and have them reset their end.
7. If it does work, continue.
8. Go to the wireless page and setup the SSID. Use WRT if you must.
9. Go to the wireless security page and make sure you're using either
WPA or WPA2 encryption.
10. Test wired and wireless connectivity.
11. When it's working, you get to do it all again (suprise).
12. Go to:
<http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/down.php?path=downloads%2Frelease+candidates%2FDD-WRT+v24+RC6.2%2FBroadcom%2FBuffalo%2FWHR-G54s/>
and download the file: dd-wrt.v24_generic_nokaid.bin
13. Go to Administration -> Firmware Upgrade
and upload the new firmware. Select "reset to default settings".
14. When you think it's done, *STOP*.
Do not touch the keyboard or mouse. Go away for about 5 minutes
while the router does what appears to be nothing. That's 5 full
minutes by the clock. Then hit "ok" or "continue" or "whatever".
14. When everything comes back, put the original settings that worked
back into the router and live happily ever after.


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