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Did you try GoogleTranslate on that manual? (any sight of something that looks like a pwd?)
Can you open it up & look for id info on chips? WorseThanWildGuess search that finds a few obscure pwds: router default password "192.168.12.1" (more/better keywords might narrow it down). Per this+more! saying ..1.1, I hope the reset *really* worked (it's sometimes tricky)! I bet that router contains a CPU+OS '>' a 2005 PC! :jawa: :study: :cool: :party: p.s. OhMyGosh, a drop of source code! (tho NOT its): https://github.com/jabberd/starnet which in turn leads to a NEW search!: Fujian Star-Net AR800 (pic=yours?) |
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http://screenshots.portforward.com/r...StarNet/AR800/ No other login info. for it online. The image in your last link is my router but the base plate and adapter, cables etc., are missing, so I had to make do with my own. I was going to throw this but will reflect on it a bit more. One of the Bell Router/Modem's I have doesnt even power on now. Need to see if I can open it. It is quite securely compacted in making into one piece. Manuf.: Sagecom Part No.: 253331441 Have to admit, didn't look for info. about it online. It was most likely thrown as it stopped working. The last I can do with such a device is to open it and see. OTHER EFFORTS AND PROGRESS Opened and took all the screws from the Compaq PS2 Kb and the wireless KB. It was a bit tricky to open the later. Was able to log into web interface of the WBR-1310 D-Link router. Same for the SG link router modem. Opened the everfocus monitor and took the circuit boards, speakers, screws from it. This can be thrown now. My Present KB: sk-2800c compaq manual It has several special keys on top that don't work with Linux. No Linux drivers for it, so trying to learn to use these: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php..._keyboard_keys |
All the rechargable batteries from the cordless phones have run dry and
will be throwing them, so no point in bringing any more of them home. Cleaned power strip fully of dust and debris, had to even open and clean it due to the debris inside it. Covered all the open plug points with duct tape, hopefully this is better to keep it clean. Opened the non working solar wristwatch, it was fairly easy with the dollar store, precision tool. Inside it says it uses GC type battery. Good experience towards opening other micro devices. Needed magnifying glass for precise work. Router kept on DCing recently due to faulty power chord of adapter from mice bites. Need to check all the other power chords today with time. For modem, phone etc., How to fix an AC Adapter cable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54CkY960hLk Very old iPod touch I have charges only to 10% of battery. So this is toast, it is 2nd generation I think. Can work with it connected to power for now I think but if it gets worse might try to open this also. |
Batteries from cordless phones are probably nicad, you should look for a hardware store or other store which has a recycle bin for them.
Most cordless pones are a simple trickle charger which overcharges the batteries slowly killing them. We found a set many years ago that uses standard AAA's and has a smart charger which actually stops charging once they batteries are full. So far the original batteries are going on a decade of use. |
I brought home an old BT router a few months ago and tried to set it up instead of my existing general-purpose one, just as an experiment. It worked with the computer, acting correctly as a dhcp server, and I could get into its interface with firefox. But I couldn't find a place in its setup program to enter the details my isp requires for connection. I suspect that these proprietary routers have the connection parameters coded into them, so that they can't be reallocated if you change isp.
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As an aside I inadvertently left my iPod touch to charge for a few days. Surprisingly it is fully charged now, will see how it holds charge in future. Yesterday I got a few cables for iPod. Saw a fully stripped old desktop case and was very glad to see it. Wish I see more such. |
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Old PC can be very useful for these projects:
https://opensource.com/article/17/6/...offline-reader https://opensource.com/article/17/5/...x-raspberry-pi Makerspace has helped put Linux on older computers: https://opensource.com/article/17/6/...aces-and-linux |
Guess what I saw as I walked the dog last night: a very early Mac. It was a little square box with a built-in screen and a keyboard and mouse attached. I doubt if it even had a network card.
I was sorely tempted to take it home and see if I could power it up. There was a three-pin power connector at the back which looked as if it would take a standard kettle flex. But I didn't. You have to resist the temptation to hoard. |
They were beautiful little machines. We had one at work - for support purposes - but it was mostly used for games. there wa one game that was particularly popular where you had to catch things and avoid the chasers. Each level ended when you entered the "goal" at the bottom of the screen to the sound of a very orgasmic sigh
For some reason the word "pigs" is hovering around my mind. |
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reflect on it, if you feel it is not worth it, then you can always throw it away. |
I have gotten so many cables and power adapters over the past that I have decided to even slow down. Smaller items like cell phones, mp3 players, USB flash drives, memory cards etc., are more of my interest now. Out of space for big desktops. If I get anything big, it will be to quickly give to someone else and/or to learn something new from it.
This might seem odd but I am listening to mp3 player more these days, spending time in my balcony more and even trying out some container gardening. Most of my plants died but, I am still learning. Mostly away from keyboard as being close to monitor for too long in summer heat makes eyes hot and irritable. On a different side note, there have been recent warnings online not to collect electronics, furniture and bedding etc., found outside due to severe bed bug infestation. I have been doing dumpster diving for last 18 months and everything was fine. Suddenly I ended up with severe bed bug infestation. It started slow with 5 bed bugs or so initially that I ignored, then it increased fast and over week ago or so I wokeup as I felt like 8 or so bed bugs on me. I turned on the lights to see like 75 bed bugs crawling on my comforter all over waiting for their turn to suck on me or getting training even. So I figured out a way to deal with this issue. Basically, I wait for bed bugs to come out at night and once I feel this is the max. for the night, I put my hair dryer on high heat but medium air flow and point it at the bed bugs for few seconds each. This has to be done as fast as possible. Also, do this over pillow and to the bed close to my pillow on the sides. This shocks the bed bugs for some time but doesn't kill them. Then I quickly collect all the bed bugs manually into a transparent small medical vial filled 7 mms or so of either diatomaceous earth or baking soda or both, once they are all collected, I close the vial. This dehydrates them and kills them with time. This is a not a nice thing to share and goes close to off topic even. However, if one is getting abandoned PCs and other electronics from the street, it is just a matter of time before one encounters some sort of pests issue, so I thought sharing my experience will help. |
I don't get it. Old bedding, yes, obviously dangerous. That's why charity clothes collections won't take them. But electronic equipment? What would bugs (other than the programming kind) be doing in an old computer?
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That is why when the infestation is extremely severe and a Professional exterminator is called, close co-operation of the occupant is needed for a thorough extermination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bed_bug It is better to be careful, than sorry. |
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