I've broken my router - no default gateway

[NemoA]

Hi

I recently changed my ISP and got a new, much better router than my Buffalo Airstation WZR-300HP, so I decided to use the old Airstation as a bridge.

Following some on-line instructions I changed the IP address of the Airstation, failed to create a bridge, but now I can't get back into the router to reset it.

ipconfig is not showing a default gateway.

Is there anyway I can get back into the router or reset it?

 

[Reyaz123]

There should be a power or reset button at the back of the router. Hold this button down for 15 secs and it should reset the settings

 

[NemoA]

There should be a power or reset button at the back of the router. Hold this button down for 15 secs and it should reset the settings

Thanks for the response, but there is no external reset. The only reset option listed in the manual is from inside the firmware.

 

[Joe Porter]

Firstly click > start > run and type services.msc and make sure DHCP client is set to automatic and the status is started.

Then open a command prompt and type the below then restart your computer and see if that fixes it.

netsh winsock reset catalog

Regards Joe.

 

[NemoA]

Firstly click > start > run and type services.msc and make sure DHCP client is set to automatic and the status is started.

Then open a command prompt and type the below then restart your computer and see if that fixes it.

netsh winsock reset catalog

Regards Joe.

Hi Joe

No luck. I have connected the router to several different machines, so I'm sure the fault (the problem I created) is with the router.

 

[Joe Porter]

See if you can get into your router settings by putting 192.168.11.1 into the address bar whilst connected to via ethernet.

 

[NemoA]

See if you can get into your router settings by putting 192.168.11.1 into the address bar whilst connected to via ethernet.

No response. The IP I changed the router to was 192.168.0.23, but I have tried all variations on that from 0 to 25 without success.

I wasn't really paying attention to what I did as I didn't think the result of my experimentation would be irrevocable, but I must have turned something pretty vital off.

 

[Joe Porter]

Go into command prompt and type tracert www.google.com perhaps it will show you the ip of the router it is trying to pass through?

 

[Joe Porter]

Actually that shouldn't work, try giving a static IP in the 192.168.0. range and then try the tracert command

 

[NemoA]

Go into command prompt and type tracert www.google.com perhaps it will show you the ip of the router it is trying to pass through?

I'm not sure I'm understanding this.

tracert [any web adress] returns "unable to resolve target system name" - no internet connection so as expected

tracert 192.168.0.[any number] returns "1. 192.168.0.3 reports: Destination host unreachable"

tracert 192.168.0.3 returns "1 <1ms <1ms <1ms 192.168.0.3 Trace complete"

The address 192.168.0.3 doesn't connect.

Is there likely to be some way of resetting the router if I open it up?

 

[Joe Porter]

I am not sure to be honest. I would have thought there must be some kind of button to reset it on the exterior of the model.

 

[Kewlx25]

You can't access 192.168.0.23 because your IP is 169.254.254.21. It's a different subnet. Change your network cards IP to 192.168.0.X and you should be able to access your old router again.

 

[tman1]

Resetting your router: http://support.hornington.com/kb/question.php?ID=535

 

[DeadlyDays]

What Kewlx25 said.

You need to be on the same subnet with the same subnet mask as the device, and physically connected to the port with the interface(IP) on that port. Then you just bring up a browser and type in the IP address for the device to bring up the web GUI. You can leave all the other fields blank in your Network Interfaces fields.
Static IP needs to be 192.168.0.X, subnet mask 255.255.255.0 I believe if the device is on 192.168.0.X. Don't pick the same address.

You can't connect to things on another subnet, they don't listen to you. A subnet is the first 3 numbers in an IPv4 Address. You need a gateway to bridge subnets essentially.

 

[NemoA]

Resetting your router: http://support.hornington.com/kb/question.php?ID=535

Brilliant. Thank you. There amount of times I looked for it - maybe I should have put my glasses on!

 

[NemoA]

Thank you all for the time you took to answer. Found the reset button thanks to tman1. Now to work on the bridge issue...

 

[Joe Porter]

haha completely missed the fact you had a 169 IP! For the bridge issue have you turned off DHCP on the router you want to act as a bridge?

 

[NemoA]

For the sake of my own dignity I feel I should point out the pin-reset was hidden under the foot/stand of the unit and there are another two holes that look like pin-resets that do nothing.

I may be posting questions on setting up the bridge in the near future as it's not going as planned.