Getting into cisco 1941 router

[aspirant09]

Hello,
I have a cisco 1941 router with Gateway 192.168.1.1. I know usually that typing in the Gateway IP in the browser gives you access to the router. However, i can't seem to get into this router using this method. If i type in this IP, nothing happens or i get the message "Can't access webpage".

I have very little networking experience. Please how do i get into this router?

Thanks.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Cisco devices are typically accessed via a serial cable or console cable using a Telnet client, such as Putty. HTTP access then needs to be enabled from the CLI.

Cisco are very particular about this.

 

[aspirant09]

okay thanks. Please is there a particular procedure for doing this? Or i just need to download the Telnet Client, connect my router and laptop via console cable and that's it. Also what is the command for enabling http access?

Thanks

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

You need to check the setup guide for the router; what I've said is a generic overview.

 

[aspirant09]

okay

 

[bill001g]

You are going to be best off learning to do all the configuration via the command line interface. I don't remember if the http interface is on by default or not, almost nobody uses the web interface.

What is really stupid about the web interface is you can only do very basic things. To do anything else the gui will just open a big black window that lets you issue the command just as if you used a console or telnet program to access. So it is technically a gui but you are still keying in command manually.

Best to download a program called putty. This will give you telnet,ssh and console access. You then need a console cable but your laptop must have a serial port which is not common. Most times you need a USB to serial adapter.

Be aware this is a commercial router they assume you know what you are doing. Since it is a actual router than can do many more function than a home device. The configuration of simple things like NAT are made more complex because it supports so many more options that a home router.

 

[aspirant09]

Thanks a lot. That clarifies things a lot more. I'm actually trying to re-configure DHCP as it is no longer giving out IP addresses. I'm having to move too many devices to static. Just checking though: re-configuring DHCP is a good solution right?

 

[bill001g]

The only way it would stop giving out DHCP is if the pool is exhausted. Generally you have the pool set to give out the vast majority of the subnet and keep a small number for statics. It will be a fairly major effort to change the subnet mask and dhcp pool. I suppose if someone made the pool very small you could make it better by changing the dhcp....but there is no reason to make the pool small in the first place unless you plan on a lot of static ip addresses.

 

[aspirant09]

Alright. will go ahead and increase the dhcp pool then. Thank you.