Haystack. My manual said admin & Sky. But it doesn't work.

Bolshi, try 'password' in lower case for the password, that is the Netgear default. Also try various combinations of case, Sky, sky, etc.

Haystack. My manual said admin & Sky. But it doesn't work.

You have posted Sky. You have to enter 'sky'. All lower case.

I'm afraid not. password & sky with all case permutations tried - no success.

bolshi

You might like to try the following:-

Login to your router via Internet Explorer

http://192.168.0.1/

default username=admin
default password=sky

Scroll the lefthand menu down to 'UPnP'
Click on it
In the next window UNtick the box 'Turn UPnP On'

If it is already unticked, sorry, but you probably have some other kind of problem.

Now how is he going to do that Doc if he can't log in :-)

Must be some other kind of problem...?

:-)

Cracked it!

It was admin & admin

Thanks everyone.

Edit: Now I've forgot what I was trying to do :-))))))

So there you go, eh?

Simple speeling pistakes. :-)

Netgear Default Passwords

Bolshi

First things to do:-

1 Change password.
2 Make sure remote admin is dissabled.
3 Back up your settings.
4 Update firmware - even on a new router.

O.
Password done.
Is 'remote admin' the same as 'remote management'? If so then done.
Backed up.
Update firmware? All I can see is Firmware Upgrade but I don't think that's it as it wants a location on hard drive.

I won't tell you fun I had finding the mac address on my laptop to set up my accesss list. :-)) Sheez!

Optimist

You can't update firmware on Sky's Netgear box. It is preloaded with their own firmware and you will lose the actual ISP logon to Sky and you can't re-enter it as it is hidden and not supplied to users.

Bolshi

To upgrade the firmware, you have to download the file from the Netgear website.

For future ref, to find MAC address.

Open a command prompt window (Start Button - Run - cmd)
At C prompt type 'ipconfig /all' followed by enter.
Mac address is the same as physical address.

Edit I've just seen Haystacks post, if that is correct, forget firmware update.

To get MAC address

Windows XP
Click on the Start menu, and select Control Panel.
Double click on Network Connections.
Double click on Local Area Connection.
Click on the Support tab and then click on the Details button.
The Hardware Address is labelled Physical Address

OR

Using your mouse, click on the Start Button.
Click on Programs.
Next, click on Accessories, and then Command Prompt.
Once a small black window appears, type in ipconfig /all (with a space between the g and the /).
Locate the number to the right of Physical Address. This is your MAC address.

My brain hurts! :-)))

Ah! So the mac address is different for ethernet, wireless and local area connections?

Many thanks to everyone for their time & trouble. I certainly got my "monies" worth today!

The MAC address is a number unique across all network devices in the world. It is often printed on the back of the device somewhere and sometimes printed on laptops on a label.

A network device refers to the network device within the computer. Hence a laptop will normally have at least 2 devices (ethernet, wireless and possibly others such as a 1394 conection) and a unique MAC address for each.

Haystack,

You appear to be the main poster on here solving problems.
Do you only offer advice on computer problems, as I need help for the following.

I am in debt, my wife left me (not a problem on it's own) but now she wants to come back, my mistress no longer loves me, I lack self confidence and oh yes, before she left me my missus threw my computer through the bedroom window and for some reason it no longer works.
Any suggestions.

I posted the above just to show that no matter what IT problems are out there, things could be worse.

An Icon Story

Greekman
Yeh! But I'm the main man on here for presenting problems!!

:-)