I just saw this long thread ... missed all the fun! On Tuesday, 31 December 2019 01:25:32 GMT Dale wrote: > Adam Carter wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:08 AM Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com > > > > <mailto:rdalek1...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Dale wrote: > > > Grant Taylor wrote: > > >> On 12/30/19 1:04 PM, Dale wrote: > > >>> Is there a way to find the IP for this thing? > > > > Its using 192.168.254.254. Since fireball is in 192.168.2.0/24 > > <http://192.168.2.0/24>, its on a different subnet and therefore cant > > arp it. > > > > Try setting fireball to say 192.168.254.253/24 > > <http://192.168.254.253/24> then try pinging 192.168.254.254 > > I found the offending entry. When you posted that, I was confused for a > minute. When I found the setting, it hit me. My old modem is on > 192.168.1.* and my router is on 192.168.2.*. I commented those out so > it could grab whatever IP it wanted. It WORKED!! I could access the > modem.
As was mentioned your PC has to be in the same subnet to be able to access the router. > I found out the name and such from the previous user. I > couldn't see the password tho. Anyway, it seems this is locked to > Frontier ISP. I put in the right user name/password and it wouldn't > connect. It tried but no joy. When you reset the firmware all settings are *supposed* to be wiped out. However, this is a router which is controlled by the ISP via a provisioning server. Either certain settings have been hardcoded in the ISP released firmware, or more likely you have not reset it correctly/completely. The power LED will blink red when you hold down the reset button during the boot stage of the router. It's a good idea to hold the button pressed and keep it depressed for up to a minute, as you power cycle it. More options here: https://www.mobilereset99.com/reset-netgear-b90-755025-15-router/ NOTE: When you succeed in resetting the router, its subnet/IP will change and therefore you should check your PC's IP address matches the router's address space. > Before I bought this, it was claimed that this should work with AT&T but > unless I got something wrong, it doesn't. Shame really, pretty nice > modem. The screens give pretty nicely laid out info about things too. > > Unless someone can figure out how to make this Frontier based modem work > with AT&T, I guess this is a door stop. AT&T was issuing these routers to customers and was provisioning firmware updates via their control servers. I don't know if they still do so. Contacting AT&T support may get you some info on their default username/passwd settings. However, I would think if you reset the router successfully without it being connected to the Internet, you'll be able to login into it with username=admin and blank passwd. If AT&T have decommissioned their provisioning servers they may be able to provide you with their latest firmware to flash it manually. -- Regards, Mick
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