[Ham-Computers] Change User Name & Password in Router Settings: Is it mor...

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Jim,

To answer your second question first, probably not.  However, it is 
possible for someone to come in from the outside (i.e., the Internet) and access 
the router.  So changing the router password doesn't hurt, so long as you 
don't forget it.  And don't lose the instruction sheet that came with it.  There 
is probably a reset button somewhere that will set EVERYTHING back to 
factory defaults.  And, back to the first question, the instruction sheet will 
tell you what the default IP address is in that machine.  They are not all the 
same, as I think you have already found out.

I haven't read the instruction sheet but Loren apparently did so the 
default is probably 192.168.0.1  .  If that doesn't work, this being a rental and 
most likely used box, look for the reset instructions and button and do a 
hard reset.  Then try 192.168.0.1 again.

FWIW, I always use the "other" common standard, which begins 192.169.19.xxx 
 .

Robert &Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 03/22/2016 10:32:45 AM Central Daylight Time, 
lmoline at hotmail.com writes: 
> Correction:  192.168.0.1
> 
> Loren Moline  WA7SKT
> 
> Member: Pacific Northwest VHF Society and ARRL
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> Member: CVARS-Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio SocietyStarchat IRC: Channel = 
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> 
> >From: lmoline at hotmail.com
> >To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> >Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 08:28:21 -0700
> >Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] Change User Name &Password in Router 
> Settings: Is it more Secure?
> >
> >Jim,
> >Try 192.168.0.0
> >See this user manual and let me know if it worked.
> >
> http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/CG3000DV2/N450_CG3000Dv2_UM_03Apr2014.pdf
> >
> >Loren Moline  WA7SKT
> >
> >Member: Pacific Northwest VHF Society and ARRL
> >Member: Hearsat Satellite Monitoring Group.  www.uhf-satcom.com
> >Member: CVARS-Chehalis Valley Amateur Radio SocietyStarchat IRC: Channel 
> = #hearsat
> >RF Electronics: Starchat IRC: Channel = #rfelectronics
> >Grid: CN86mr
> >
> >
> >>Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:05:33 -0700
> >>To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> >>From: hro5-2 at cox.net
> >>Subject: [Ham-Computers] Change User Name &Password in Router Settings: 
> Is it more Secure?
> >>
> >>In the past, I entered 192.168.1.1 and changed my user name and 
> >>password to increase security, but recently rented a Netgear N450 
> >>CG3000Dv2 modem-router from Cox Cable.  Cox seems to be having 
> >>Internet problems from time to time, and having a device they "bless" 
> >>might make troubleshooting easier.  Also, I didn't like my Ciso 
> >>Linksys EA2700 router.  If I like the Netgear, I'll buy one.
> >>
> >>I can't access 192.168.1.1.  I have not contacted tech support yet, 
> >>but then thought preventing access might be intentional to make it 
> >>easier for them to resolve problems.
> >>
> >>Then I had another thought - is there any real security benefit for 
> >>the average home user to make the changes?  There is nobody in my 
> >>home that will involved in "bad" things.
> >>
> >>Jim, w6ivw
> >>