Linksys router administration

endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

I can't log into my Linksys router to change the settings. (I can with win98, mandrake linux and others). The operation times out. Did I need to adjust my USE settings or something? (I can't log in with konquerer, mozilla or lynx). I am extremely impresses with the documentation of gentoo, and the setup in general, however this stumps me....

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20586

USE settings shouldn't have anything to do with this. I can get into my Linksys just fine.
What are your network settings? Do you have any other network problems? What
browser are you using?
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endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

I have static ip address, reslov.conf is correct, web works fine, samba, etc... all working. I just can't log into my router with gentoo. I CAN log into the router with win9x,nt, mandrake linux with all the network setting similar on each OS. In gentoo, i have mozilla, konquerer, lynx as browsers; they all work fine, except the logging into the router. Box ip 192.168.44, router ip (internal) 192.168.1.1. The browsers just time out. (I can ping the router etc,..) I thought I misses some USE setting to have browsers be able to AUTH or something like that.

handsomepete · Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2002 5:01 am Post subject:

It won't have anything to do with your USE settings (AFAIK there isn't a -don't-allow-router setting

). It might have everything to do with your routing. Did you set it up as your default gateway or are you using something else? Is your box's IP 192.168.1.44 or 192.168.44.1 or something different? What does a traceroute to 192.168.1.1 output?

endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

Output of traceroute:

amdxp root # traceroute 192.168.1.1
traceroute to 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 1.908 ms 0.839 ms 0.784 ms

Output of route:
amdxp root # route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 1 0 0 eth0

This is ifconfig:
amdxp root # ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:A0:CC:D5:26:16
inet addr:192.168.1.44 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11053 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8701 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:11101295 (10.5 Mb) TX bytes:1265584 (1.2 Mb)
Interrupt:3 Base address:0xdc00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Like I said... The network works flawlessly. I am (right now) logged into the gentoo box thru the linksys router from work using ssh port 22. (Set up using port forwarding in the router). The webbrowsing is fine... all is well... except I cannot log into the routers web interface to administer it (from gentoo). I CAN log into the router from win9x,nt,mandrake linux and administer it through a webbrowser using the same network setting i use in gentoo. This is what leads me to believe that I am missing a library, or did not compile something into networking to allow authorizations in http.

handsomepete · Posted: Sat Jun 29, 2002 2:32 pm Post subject:

Well, here's a good test: Go d/l Netscape from their site and run the install program (in X). I believe it's a binary x86 install so it would be difficult to remove http auth from it (although IMHO it shouldn't have anything to do with http auth capabilities because it sounds like it's not even connecting in the first place - I wouldn't even know *how* you would remove that ability outside of editing the source code...). Now for some complete shots in the dark:

Local software firewall running?
Proxy?
Do you get an auth challenge from password FTP sites on the Internet?
Any bizarre port forwarding locally (or on the router specifically for .1.44)? Thought about removing those just for testing?
Router firmware flash?
Can you HTTP/FTP/SSH to your Mandrake/Windows boxes?

I'm pretty well stumped. Time for someone more knowledgable in such matters to step in.

And fun fact from Linksys's website (although unrelated):
the Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router's web-based utility is accessible only through Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, versions 4.0 or higher for Macintosh

Still curious if your inbound router log file is recording hits from .1.44 or not...

endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

Thanks for the help... I must take a break from this for a while... This is really just one little thing that bothers me, I can live with it for now.. I am building another gentoo system as we speak, and keeping a log of what I am doing. Maybe if I can get to the router in that build, I will have an idea of what went wrong.. BTW... no local software firewall running, just forwarding port 22 to the ... 1.44 (SSH) ant that works great. I SSH into the box from work just fine. I will try the build of mozilla from the moz site. But I really want lynx or some other text browser to work, as I want to administer the router from work (using ssh), and I dont run a remote X-Server from work. (And it is dialup for now) Thanks for some clues... I'll get it, and when I do, I'll post what I did... (I am sure it is something simple, and when I figure it out we will all say ' OH yea... Of course...'

Nitro · Posted: Sun Jun 30, 2002 6:19 am Post subject:

In the other operating systems that work, did you have the same IP address? First thing that comes to mind is that your router thinks you aren't local. Then again, my linksys and I divorced early on in favor of a netfilter firewall.

Try telnetting to the webserver.

endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

All of the OSes I have, are ip address 192.168.1.44, gateway 192.168.1.1
I can ssh to the gentoo, and out of the gentoo, however when i telnet to the router from gentoo, nothing happens,(timeout). Even on a clean build of gentoo, nothing..... I can't believe I am the only one this has happened to. (lynksys befsr11)... Ive built gentoo on two different systems, and no-go either one. (The network works flawlessly otherwise)
I have even had one machine connect to the router dhcp, still nono. Can anyone think of anything in the kernel configuration I could have missed? something... (I won't let this little thing drive me crazy.... iwontletthis little thingdri ve me crazy.) help..

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20586

Just for the record, I'm using the BEFSR41 model. I've also upgraded the firmware recently. Have you looked into that?
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endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

wait a minute... would enabling snmp in the kernel have anything to do with this? I'll try it out tonight after work...

delta407 · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 4:14 am Post subject:

No, it shouldn't. Isn't the administration web-based?

handsomepete · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 4:23 am Post subject:

endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

I am using 1.42.7 firmware... the latest one..

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20586

I think the problem doesn't really exist and you're just yanking our chain.

j/k

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delta407 · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 4:42 am Post subject:

Make sure you're not set to use any HTTP proxies, too...

endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

kanuslupus: I know where you are coming from. I have read posts and thought the person was crazy, however i am not pulling your chain...
Can someone give me a url where i would have to log in with a popup window, similar to the way I would log into the router? I just want to test the webbrowser to see if login popups work at all... I acnt test it till I get home.. hopefully 3 hours is enought for someone to come up with something... Ill be back....

abhishek · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 5:34 pm Post subject:

While my dlink sucks, im happy that i can never run into this kind of problem with it.

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20586

handsomepete · Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2002 11:20 pm Post subject:

ftp://62.242.58.75

Up as of 7:20pm EST

I have no idea what the un/pw is, but you should at least get an auth challenge. I can't think of any http sites off the top of my head...

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20586

Just for the record, I tried the ftp site and received a popup window indicating too many users.
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handsomepete · Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 3:58 am Post subject:

Figures. Here, I know this one will be up forever. You have to click on the members link, but it should do what needs to be done.

http://www.driverguide.com/

endoalpha · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Posts: 101

Well..... I kinda hate to say this.... but the problem magically fixed itself... I moved my router to a shelf I made, and after plugging it back in.. magic happened... I can log in fine... I guess I should have tried the old 'unplug the router and bang it around' routine before... I also, did 'emerge rsync and emerge -u system' while I was at work... this whole thing is going to bother me a while, and I am rather embarrased :oops:

Thanks for all the help tho... I guess I will stick with gentoo a while longer.. I take back everything I said while you weren't listening...

pjp · Administrator Joined: 16 Apr 2002 Posts: 20586

I have had issues with my Linksys pulling an IP from my ISP. My only solution was to reset
it or unplug it. New ISP, and those problems have gone.

Glad you 'resolved' it.
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Nitro · Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2002 5:12 pm Post subject: