Re: OT. Problem logging into my router

On Aug 4, 2:43 pm, Richard Evans <R.P.Evans.NoS...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi all, This is off topic but I thought it was worth asking as somebody
might have some ideas.

The problem is that the other day I tried to log into my Link-Sys
broadband router, from my laptop (using Windows XP) and it failed to log
in. It always used to work just fine, but now it suddenly doesn't seem
to accept my username and password.

Today I tried logging in using my old desktop (using Windows ME) and
logged straight in on my first attempt. So I went back to my laptop to
try again, and it still refuses to log in.

So at least I do have a way to access my router settings, but it is
going to be rather a pain to have to go and start up my old desktop,
just to access my router.

So I'm a bit confused here. Why does it work fine on my old desktop, but
refuse to work on my laptop. I think it may be something to do with an
update to Windows XP, as I normally keep my laptop up to date will all
the critical updates and I think I probably installed one such update
since the previous time I accessed my router successfully.

One final possible clue. I tried using internet explorer from my laptop
(I normally use Netscape 7) and internet explorer displayed the
following warning: "Warning: This server is requesting that your
username and password be sent in an insecure manner (basic
authentication without a secure connection)." (I typed in the correct
username and password and it failed to connect) Obviously I have no
problem with the log in information not being encrypted, as I am only
logging in over my internal network, but I'm wondering. Perhaps a recent
XP security update might be blocking the sending of un-encrypted
passwords. Perhaps there is a way to turn down the security setting on
my laptop for connections on my internal network, perhaps that might fix
the problem.

Any ideas?

Richard E.

Richard,

Searching various newsgroups and forums it seems there are problems
with Internet Explorer 7 (with recent updates) and accessing the
browser based configuration pages for some printers and routers, this
is most likely the problem you are experiencing.

I have the same issue with a HP Laserjet 2600n, I get a http error 400
when using IE7, no problems using Firefox though. Might be worth
trying Firefox ( http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/products/firefox/ )

Good luck

.

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