Network Hacking

[Mr. Jingles]

I have a wireless network (Dell TrueMobile 1180). Recently Zone Alarm has been popping up with alerts saying that someone is trying to hack in. The IP it provides is my router.

I decided to put some WEP encryption or something on it. The help website said I should go to a certain IP address and change my settings; however, when I did, it asked for a username and password that I had never put in. So now I can't put on encryption.

Is there anything I can do besides hope that Zone Alarm is good enough?

[xp1ode]

are you trying to get to the settings of your Router? if you are then in the instructions for the router, or the manual if you must, it says what the PW and UN is. If is not that, then i suggest you do a reset on your router, this way it will be back to the way it was when you bought it....

[marduk420]

lol. if ur router is linksys, the username is blank and the password is "admin". if the router is d-link, the username is "admin" and the password is blank. good luck.

[Mr. Jingles]

marduk: I said it was a dell.

xp10de: No manual, or at least I can't find it. I guess I could reset it... don't want to be hacked.

[marduk420]

i just googled "Dell TrueMobile 1180" and it says it's a USB wireless adapter. who is the manufacturer of your router? the "router" is the thingy with the blinking lights plugged into the cable modem thing.

[Mr. Jingles]

Shoot... not near the router now.

I do know that they came together in one kit. So probably dell as well.

(Hey! That rhymes!)

[marduk420]

:) do us a favor and try the linksys and d-link username/password combinations. they might work.

[Mr. Jingles]

Nope. No luck.

[russ0943]

its me hacking in, i'll stop. :p jk

reset the thing. Then give it a wep and disable SSID. Also, put a password on the router too.

If someone is mess'n w/ ya then they probably changed the password or added one. Resetting it should do the trick.

[kitchenutensils]

when you say router and kit do you mean This?

if not do you mean this or this?

if for the latter: this should be in handy for your username/password: Factory Default Settings:

Dell pre-configures the Wireless Broadband Router with the following settings:

NOTE: If you lose track of the device settings, you can reset the router by pushing the reset button to restore these settings back to your router.

Setting Default

User Name admin

Password admin

Device Name my router

IP Address 192.168.2.1

Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

10 Mbps Ethernet WAN IP <obtain from ISP via DHCP>

WAN DHCP Client Enabled

ESSID (wireless network name) wireless

Channel 6

Encryption No Encryption

DHCP Server Enabled

NAT Routing Enabled

manual for a wireless dell router

push the reset button on the router; connect back up to it on your computer. then type in admin/admin as the password + username. then change the pass + user name and do what everyone else has been saying around here :yes:

[Mr. Jingles]

Thanks! It worked!