[HLUG] DrayTek adsl router

Graham Cole g at gcole.uklinux.net
Sat Mar 18 19:20:43 GMT 2006


It's not new, I have pressed the factory reset button and having
connected to a PC with XP on it I think that there's a firewall
preventing the connection from working. So maybe a reset does not remove
the firewall.

Thanks
Graham

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 17:32 +0000, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is it a new router?  Are you using a straight-through cable?  You should
> have the switch 1 light on and you should get IP address through DHCP.
> Have you tried reseting maching using reset button (you need a paperclip
> to get this).
> 
> Andrew.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Graham
> Cole
> Sent: 18 March 2006 09:06
> To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: RE: [HLUG] DrayTek adsl router
> 
> The default gateway of the router is given in the book as 192.168.1.1
> and I used this in my browser: http://192.168.1.1 but connection was
> 'refused'. (What is this address? Is it for the router itself?)
>  I suppose this refusal was related to the fact that the router has no
> light on for the connection to the pc, P1. The WLAN light is on. I
> suppose this means the router is prepared for wireless connection only.
> I haven't the kit to use wireless so I have made connection by wire.
> 
> On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 22:03 +0000, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > You shouldn't need router tools.
> > 
> > Can you connect to the HTTP interface?  If using wireless, start with
> > wired connection to make sure the whole thing is set up correctly
> before
> > you move to wireless.
> > 
> > You can do firmware manipulation via FTP, when I had my unit I just
> used
> > FTP to put new firmware on the router, I think the router tools is
> just
> > the firmware upgrade tool which uses TFTP to put the image on, and
> there
> > is I think also a quick setup tool and a syslog daemon.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > Andrew.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Graham
> > Cole
> > Sent: 17 March 2006 19:41
> > To: Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> > Subject: [HLUG] DrayTek adsl router
> > 
> > I seem to be stuck at the start with the factory re-set putting the
> > router on WLAN which I can't use. I have a line to my PC and can ping
> to
> > the router but I don't have the LED lit up for the connection to the
> PC.
> > I have no way of installing  'Router Tools' from the disc which needs
> a
> > Mac or windoze OS. So I can't configure the router. What next? Go
> > somewhere to use a windoze PC?
> > Day one of broadband.....
> > Graham
> > 
> > 
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