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Xayd · 02-23-2001, 04:30 AM

Damn Microsoft to Hell, that sucks Craig.

On a lighter note, though, I'm sure someone has managed to crack into their router and get the info needed for setting up an MSN connection, unless they've actually modified the router in some way.

198.162.xxx.xxx is a pool reserved for internal use, of course, so that's not the IP you have from MSN.

I'll dig around and see what I can turn up on MSN's settings, and if there's a way to get that router password to reset itself. Many routers have a reset switch that sets the password to something such as the device's serial number, in case the admin password is lost, for instance.

What brand is the router?

In the meantime, if you have a hub, go ahead and try to network your other machine to it. Here's the setup...

phone jack-----Router-----uplink port on hub------computer, computer, computer (any of the other ports on the hub should work for client machines).

If you're lucky, MSN may be stupid enough to leave DHCP services enabled in the router by default, so you may not have to do anything to share the connection. Only problem is you won't be able to specify a static IP for the second computer and you won't be able to forward certain ports to it for hosting things on it.

Xayd

[Edited by Xayd on 02-23-2001 at 05:35 AM]

02-23-2001, 04:30 AM	#9
Xayd Member (13 bit) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: nowhere.com Posts: 4,819	Damn Microsoft to Hell, that sucks Craig. On a lighter note, though, I'm sure someone has managed to crack into their router and get the info needed for setting up an MSN connection, unless they've actually modified the router in some way. 198.162.xxx.xxx is a pool reserved for internal use, of course, so that's not the IP you have from MSN. I'll dig around and see what I can turn up on MSN's settings, and if there's a way to get that router password to reset itself. Many routers have a reset switch that sets the password to something such as the device's serial number, in case the admin password is lost, for instance. What brand is the router? In the meantime, if you have a hub, go ahead and try to network your other machine to it. Here's the setup... phone jack-----Router-----uplink port on hub------computer, computer, computer (any of the other ports on the hub should work for client machines). If you're lucky, MSN may be stupid enough to leave DHCP services enabled in the router by default, so you may not have to do anything to share the connection. Only problem is you won't be able to specify a static IP for the second computer and you won't be able to forward certain ports to it for hosting things on it. Xayd [Edited by Xayd on 02-23-2001 at 05:35 AM]