Previously I was able to ssh to my D-link router with

$ ssh admin@192.168.0.1

and then supply the password. after this I got a router prompt
and could explore the router OS. Here "admin" is the router username
and 192.162.0.1 is the router IP on the LAN

However if I issue the same command with my current Netgear router/modem
I get the response

ssh: connect to host 192.168.0.1 port 22: Connection refused

Is this a router configuration issue to do with port 22 and how do I fix it?

Thank you.

What is the model number of your router?
Does this router have SSH capability?

As long as I know Netgears don't accept ssh connections. You can only access them via web interface.

Thanks Michael.

It is a Netgear N300 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem router
model # DGN2200v3

I googled on "ssh DGN2200v3" but got no positive
or negative confirmation of SSH capability.

Any further suggestions?

Thanks, Ottavio. I guess that answers my question.

I also am not aware of Netgears natively having that capability.
However, I believe that dd-wrt supports this model and has ssh capability if you are are willing to install it.

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I've found several species of consumer network gear that don't do SSH, but do telnet.

Netgear as some docs on activating telnet (needs Windows?), but not ssh. There are some cases of adding ssh to the sock firmware for some models. Best bet is to flash DD-WRT or OpenWRT (most Netgear routers run a customized OpenWRT build). Another option is Gargoyl http://www.gargoyle-router.com/ a customization of OpenWRT.

Edit: my bad. None of the fireware sources support your modem.

That modem uses a web interface. I have one.

Does your wireless switch off when you press second switch down?

ssh 192.168.0.1
then router will request username and pass that's what my router does.

hey all,

i have a netgear n150 dvg1000. i can't ssh to the routers ip's which is 192.168.0.254

if i go to my router status web browser http://192.168.0.254:80, i find in the ADSL Port session the following ip whose port 22 is open

Gateway IP Address 10.41.79.254

the problem is that i don't know username and password. i tried the most obvious things, but couldn't get it.

does anyone know what that is about?


my modem came all locked up, and i can't change any configuration even after resetting to factory settings. And i would like to use its usb port for a harddisk.


cheers
daniel

I've found that I could go to the router's manufacturer's web site support pages and find the default account/password settings for a router.

Note that on some routers the reset button has to be pushed for a long time (> 30 seconds) to actually have the reset work. This should all be mentioned on the manufacturer's web site.

This might help

http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/telnet.console