Guth Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Is there no command you can send to crash / reboot the router via wireless ? Telnet etc ? sys reboot I'd assume you could? I know you can from the web GUI but ofcourse that is no use. Gran is away for new year so gonna be 2 days before shes home :( bummer! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I'd assume you could? I know you can from the web GUI but ofcourse that is no use. Gran is away for new year so gonna be 2 days before shes home :( bummer! lol I can with my router, but I`m running DD-WRT Add remove Windows features and add the telnet client then from CMD type: telnet 192.168.1.x (Whatever the routers IP is) It will hopefully will prompt for login, I use root for login, so not sure if you can log in with the normal router credentials, I couldn't I had to use root Then try the above command to reboot it (Might not be that exact command but if you actually get to that stage we can look for more commands if that doesn't work) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Just went to try connect again to try the telnet thing and i have address of 192.168.1.3 and am writing this from her connection :) very strange indeed, she isnt home and nothing is changed AFAIK Working now anyway :D EDIT: I am logged into webGUI is there anything i can do from here to help me if this happens again? Can I change DHCP settings or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Here's a tip for finding out who made the router if you don't know and you can try the default username and password for the router config since a lot of people are too lazy to change it. Desktop ops: Download InSSIDer: http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/ Open it It will tell you the MFR of the router Go to: http://www.routerpasswords.com/ or go to: http://iphone.aruljohn.com/dpl/ From there you can enter the defaults and hope they didn't change it. Please note:On a phone this gets more tricky as most wifi scanning software on phones does not list the MFR also iphones are not invited to the party since apple won't let wifi scanning apps onto thier store. Phone ops: Download Amped Wireless Analytics tool for Android https://play.google....pps.amped&hl=en Note the first 6 digits of the MAC address and enter them into a text editor app or remember them or write them down Go to this site and enter them into the box provided: http://iphone.aruljohn.com/mac/ It will tell you the MFR of the router Go to your phone's browser and enter the default username and password and hope they didn't change it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Here's a tip for finding out who made the router if you don't know and you can try the default username and password for the router config since a lot of people are too lazy to change it. Desktop ops: Download InSSIDer: http://www.metageek....ducts/inssider/ Open it It will tell you the MFR of the router Go to: http://www.routerpasswords.com/ or go to: http://iphone.aruljohn.com/dpl/ From there you can enter the defaults and hope they didn't change it. Please note:On a phone this gets more tricky as most wifi scanning software on phones does not list the MFR also iphones are not invited to the party since apple won't let wifi scanning apps onto thier store. Phone ops: Download Amped Wireless Analytics tool for Android https://play.google....pps.amped&hl=en Note the first 6 digits of the MAC address and enter them into a text editor app or remember them or write them down Go to this site and enter them into the box provided: http://iphone.aruljohn.com/mac/ It will tell you the MFR of the router Go to your phone's browser and enter the default username and password and hope they didn't change it! thanks for that but already know router manufacturer and I set up her internet for her so I know username and pass :) Have bookmarked those tools though :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Just went to try connect again to try the telnet thing and i have address of 192.168.1.3 and am writing this from her connection :) very strange indeed, she isnt home and nothing is changed AFAIK Working now anyway :D EDIT: I am logged into webGUI is there anything i can do from here to help me if this happens again? Can I change DHCP settings or something? Strange indeed, maybe the threat of telnet scared it into submission ;) If the router has the option, you could set a scheduled reboot for say 4am each night or whenever you won't be online If the router bugs out like that again, and a reboot fixes it, that might keep you going until shes home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted December 31, 2012 Author Share Posted December 31, 2012 Strange indeed, maybe the threat of telnet scared it into submission ;) If the router has the option, you could set a scheduled reboot for say 4am each night or whenever you won't be online If the router bugs out like that again, and a reboot fixes it, that might keep you going until shes home thanks for that, looking at the admin logs, the router rebooted 8 minutes before I got connected. Somehow it rebooted itself/power cut and thats what fixed the issue. I'll have a look for that option but I don't know if it will have it. Its an ISP provided Huwaei router/modem Detection 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvb2000 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 she isn't at home justnow so I cant reset the router either. if she's gone out/away she's probably turned her modem/router off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detection Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 thanks for that, looking at the admin logs, the router rebooted 8 minutes before I got connected. Somehow it rebooted itself/power cut and thats what fixed the issue. I'll have a look for that option but I don't know if it will have it. Its an ISP provided Huwaei router/modem Fingers crossed it will stay online for a couple of days then Try Googling the model number if you have it, you might get a bit more info from that Guth 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted January 2, 2013 Author Share Posted January 2, 2013 if she's gone out/away she's probably turned her modem/router off. if it were off I wouldnt pick up any signal at all xD anyway, still working now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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