Cannot connect to router

diegoandresalvarez · 09-23-2013, 02:12 PM

Hi all,

I would like to access my router in order to open the ports for doing ssh. My internet connection is working OK.

I did:

Code:

[daalvarez@earendil ~]$ netstat -r -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.254   0.0.0.0         UG        0 0          0 eth0
127.0.0.0       0.0.0.0         255.0.0.0       U         0 0          0 lo
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U         0 0          0 eth0
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U         0 0          0 eth0

In order to find that 192.168.1.254 is my router address.

However when I insert that address into my browser, firefox says:

Code:

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 192.168.1.254.

What else can I do?

Thank you very much!!

Diego

jailbait · 09-23-2013, 02:44 PM

Do you have another device on your local network which also uses the 192.168.1.254 address?

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Steve Stites

diegoandresalvarez · 09-23-2013, 03:06 PM

Hi jailbait,

I have an iPad. I have also tried there to open 192.168.1.254 without any sucess...

Diego

baldy3105 · 09-23-2013, 03:06 PM

What router is it? They don't all necessarily support HTTP.

diegoandresalvarez · 09-23-2013, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by baldy3105

What router is it? They don't all necessarily support HTTP.

It is a Huawei HG530

jailbait · 09-23-2013, 08:51 PM

According to the Huawei HG530 user manual the router address is 192.168.1.1 which is the most commonly used router address. Try using 192.168.1.1. If that does not work then try setting the Huawei HG530 back to its factory default settings by holding down the reset button for more than 6 seconds. See if that changes the router address to 192.168.1.1. Resetting the router to factory defaults will mean that you have to start the configuration process over from the beginning.

You can get the Huawei HG530 manuals here:

http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwid...productId=3297

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Steve Stites

cospengle · 09-25-2013, 06:54 AM

This might be due to the distinction between HTTP and HTTPS.

If you just typed the IP address into your browser then it will probably default to http://192.168.1.254/ which sends the request to port 80 on the router.

It's quite possible that the router is only listening on port 443 (which is HTTPS). Try typing https://192.168.1.354/ into your browser.

BTW, given that most routers require login by username and password it is quite proper that it uses HTTPS since it will encrypt the content of the request.