[Discuss] Issues with actiontec router

[Jerry Feldman]

Thanks Ben,
I might try that if I survive diving into my old box of cables. Have not
used a serial port in years :-)

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 2:28 PM Ben Kallus <
benjamin.p.kallus.gr at dartmouth.edu> wrote:

> If you're comfortable opening it up, you can always hook up to the
> internal serial port. It'll give you a login prompt, which you can escape
> into a root shell with ctrl-\. This has worked on the 3 different actiontec
> routers I've tested.
>
> On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a new actiontec wcb300n router. The problem I have with it is I
> > cannot connect to its admin page via Linux.
> > I did a factory reset, and now it is showing a local address of
> > 192.168.99.254
> > In the past I used another actiontec and was able to access the admin
> page.
> > Eliminating security, I disabled firewalld, booted into multi-user mode
> and
> > used lynx
> > [gaf at fedora ~]$ lynx 192.168.99.254
> >
> > Looking up 192.168.99.254 first
> > Looking up 192.168.99.254
> > Making HTTP connection to 192.168.99.254
> > Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.
> >
> > lynx: Can't access startfile http://192.168.99.254/
> >
> > Additionally, I booted into a Live Ubuntu. This time I was served a
> > 10.0.0.0/24 address. But still had the same problem, cannot access the
> > router's admin page.
> >
> > I switched the cable to the second port and not I get a 10. cable
> address I
> > can use for zoom and jitsi meetings, but I still need to configure the
> > router to change the wifi ssids.
> >
> > So, and suggestions before I return this to Amazon.
> >
> >
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