Dabbled with mac address and locked myself out

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Well, I tried to implement the wireless connection via mac addresses and
surely did something wrong. Now I cannot access the internet or the router
to undo what I did. Is there a way around this? Is the reset button on the
router supposed to help?

Using windows xp and dlink router.
 
Go said:
Well, I tried to implement the wireless connection via mac addresses and
surely did something wrong. Now I cannot access the internet or the router
to undo what I did. Is there a way around this? Is the reset button on the
router supposed to help?

Using windows xp and dlink router.
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Does your PC, and the router, have regular "wired" ports?
 
Well, I tried to implement the wireless connection via mac addresses and
surely did something wrong. Now I cannot access the internet or the router
to undo what I did. Is there a way around this? Is the reset button on the
router supposed to help?
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Where you able to use the router as it came out of the box
or was it necessary to configure it first to get it to work
at all? If the former, yes use the reset button. If the
latter, you'll have to use a wired connection, or remember
where /what you did to the router, as maybe you can still
reconfig one of the clients to connect to it.

For example, if all you did was restrict access to mac
addresses, a nic with this address should be able to
connect. If this was a global setting rather than only a
wireless setting, you'd need to take the system with one of
those set mac addresses to connect at all, else reset it.
Using windows xp and dlink router.
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Have you read the router manual? If so and you're still
having trouble, there's probably a configuration guide or
two, maybe even for your specific dlink model on the net
found via google search.
 
All is well. I was only holding the reset for about 5 seconds. It really did
take 10 seconds of holding the reset button in to make the router go back to
default.
 
Well, I tried to implement the wireless connection via mac addresses and
surely did something wrong. Now I cannot access the internet or the router
to undo what I did. Is there a way around this? Is the reset button on the
router supposed to help?

Using windows xp and dlink router.
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Your router should have an RS-232 or USB port on it for a direct
connection (normally referred to as a CONSOLE) with a computer. I
suggest you first locate documentation for your router, then make a
console connection and fix your screwup.

Raymond Sirois
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/9257
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023
 
Raymond Sirois said:
suggest you first locate documentation for your router, then make a
console connection and fix your screwup.
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And why exactly do you want me to find the documentation and what is that
supposed to do for me?

Besides, the paperclip jammed into the reset button for 10 seconds put
everything back to normal. I have also read elsewhere that setting mac
addresses is a waste of time and that they don't really enhance security.
Therefore, I am not fooling with mac addresses any more except to have
Airsnare watch out for non-friendly ones.
 
And why exactly do you want me to find the documentation and what is that
supposed to do for me?

Besides, the paperclip jammed into the reset button for 10 seconds put
everything back to normal. I have also read elsewhere that setting mac
addresses is a waste of time and that they don't really enhance security.
Therefore, I am not fooling with mac addresses any more except to have
Airsnare watch out for non-friendly ones.
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Because, for a fleeting moment, I thought that someone out there might
actually want to KNOW something about the equipment they're trying to
frag beyond all operational parameters.

Feel quite confident in the fact that the next time I see YOUR name on
a posting, I'll not make the same mistake.

Raymond Sirois
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/9257
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023
 
Because, for a fleeting moment, I thought that someone out there might
actually want to KNOW something about the equipment they're trying to
frag beyond all operational parameters.
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At least someone, somewhere will eventually read your post
on Google Groups, and might learn something, maybe even to
RTFM, unlike Tyler.
 
Raymond said:
Your router should have an RS-232 or USB port on it for a direct
connection (normally referred to as a CONSOLE) with a computer. I
suggest you first locate documentation for your router, then make a
console connection and fix your screwup.
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I'd really like to see a D-Link wireless router with an RS-232 port.

Care to provide a URL ?
 
If everyone read the manual, there would be no newsgroups. To me there is
nothing more silly in a NG than for someone to tell somone else to read the
manual. It is also frustrating for me to follow a thread only to come across
a bunch of children who turn a thread into an immature waste of time.

It is even more silly because obviously no one who responded has a d-link
router. The only documentation mine came with was a fancy little poster that
showed how to connect the pretty blue cables to the ports. I just checked
the driver cd for the heck of it. Nothing in the form of a manual there
either that discusses mac addresses and how to incorporate their use into
network security.

If you folks did not want to respond with any good advice, you really should
have ignored him.

Ignore me too :)
 
Actually, he didn't frag it up. As he said, he discovered the reset button,
which is something you could have suggested instead of telling him to read
the manual. You really think the manual--if there is one--would address how
to fix this poster's problem with mac addresses?
 
I'd really like to see a D-Link wireless router with an RS-232 port.

Care to provide a URL ?
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DI-714, you can dig up the link. IIRC, it does have the
typical web access but the serial port still is available
for a console as well as dial-up modem.
 
If everyone read the manual, there would be no newsgroups. To me there is
nothing more silly in a NG than for someone to tell somone else to read the
manual. It is also frustrating for me to follow a thread only to come across
a bunch of children who turn a thread into an immature waste of time.
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So why are you doing it then?

Advising someone to read the documentation for a product is
quite often the correct advice. If you were to guess, what
would you guess the purpose for a manual is, anyway? Just a
conspiracy to kill trees or make Adobe rich from PDF files?

It is even more silly because obviously no one who responded has a d-link
router.
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Actually I have two of them, used to have a 3rd but don't
know when I saw it last.

Unfortunately, the OP couldn't even be bothered to tell use
WHICH D-Link router he has even after I'd mentioned that
little detail.
The only documentation mine came with was a fancy little poster that
showed how to connect the pretty blue cables to the ports.
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Bet you're wrong. Check the CD. If you didn't get one, you
didn't get a complete retail product.
I just checked
the driver cd for the heck of it. Nothing in the form of a manual there
either that discusses mac addresses and how to incorporate their use into
network security.
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So what you really mean is, there is something there, "in
the form of a manual". Since we weren't told which router
he has, what makes you think what your manual has in it, has
any bearing on a potentially different router with different
features?
If you folks did not want to respond with any good advice, you really should
have ignored him.

Ignore me too :)
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Hmm, maybe you should:

Post the "ignore me" at the top of your post rather than the
bottom.

Just ignore us instead of whining about how you didn't like
the answer.

Provide the answer you think we should have instead. Since
you weren't even intending on doing that I guess you're just
whining for no reason at all.
 
Actually, he didn't frag it up. As he said, he discovered the reset button,
which is something you could have suggested instead of telling him to read
the manual. You really think the manual--if there is one--would address how
to fix this poster's problem with mac addresses?
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I suppose the fact that I personally have several hours invested in
the configuration of my work location's Cisco Firewall/Router
configuration makes me hesitant to suggest to ANYONE with router
problems to utilize the reset button as anything other than an extreme
last resort. My suggestion was intended to lead the original poster
toward a solution that would allow them to repair their damage with
precision and with the least chance of messing up what valid
configuration information they already had invested in their router.
As a rather refined marksman, I prefer a .22 rifle's accuracy and
precision over a 12-guage's brute force and elimination of anything in
the vicinity...

Raymond Sirois
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/9257
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023
 
I suppose the fact that I personally have several hours invested in
the configuration of my work location's Cisco Firewall/Router
configuration makes me hesitant to suggest to ANYONE with router
problems to utilize the reset button as anything other than an extreme
last resort. My suggestion was intended to lead the original poster
toward a solution that would allow them to repair their damage with
precision and with the least chance of messing up what valid
configuration information they already had invested in their router.
As a rather refined marksman, I prefer a .22 rifle's accuracy and
precision over a 12-guage's brute force and elimination of anything in
the vicinity...
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There's also that part about reading the manual so he knew
better how to adjust the setting that wasn't working right
last time.

Have to disagree on the .22 though, what good is hitting
something if the thing just blinks and keeps going?
 
There's also that part about reading the manual so he knew
better how to adjust the setting that wasn't working right
last time.

Have to disagree on the .22 though, what good is hitting
something if the thing just blinks and keeps going?
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Heh heh... if it doesn't go down with the .22, I have a GP-100 with a
6" barrel and a full load and two speed loaders of 158 gr .357 magnum
rounds to take care of the situation... Never be without a backup!

Raymond Sirois
SysOp: The Lost Chord BBS
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/9257
telnet://thelostchord.dns2go.com:6023
 
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