Problems setting up router

**homieg9999** · March 15th, 2011

Hey guys,

I previously ran an Apple Time Capsule router without any problems. I plugged it in, and it just worked. My roommate moved out and took the router with him, so I'm trying to set up a Linksys BEFW11S4 V4 wireless router. I'm not looking to connect wirelessly, just wired.

Do I need to change any settings? Please help.

Lou

**walt.smith1960** · March 15th, 2011

I would change the administrative user name & password. Make sure the firewall is on and turn the wireless off if you're not going to use it.

**steaksauce** · March 15th, 2011

Originally Posted by homieg9999

Hey guys,

I previously ran an Apple Time Capsule router without any problems. I plugged it in, and it just worked. My roommate moved out and took the router with him, so I'm trying to set up a Linksys BEFW11S4 V4 wireless router. I'm not looking to connect wirelessly, just wired.

Do I need to change any settings? Please help.

Lou

I'd type 192.168.1.1 in your URL bar which is the default Linksys router IP and will take you to your router settings.
Default username is admin
There is no default password.

I would change the user name and password and set a wireless passkey (that's strong) so that no one can connect to your router via wireless and change your router settings or something themselves.

You can also browse settings and what not yourself and play around with it.

**homieg9999** · March 15th, 2011

Thanks for the replies.

I've been to 192.168.1.1, logged in, but don't know what to change from there to get it working. What now?

Lou

**piquat** · March 15th, 2011

If you just want 'working'... DHCP should already be enabled. If you plug a computer into it, it should hand out an IP and your off. I'd still poke around through all the menus and change the user/pass. Even if they don't know it, there are sites that list default user/pass for popular models of routers.

Besides that, wireless security and QoS are the only things I touch. You're not running wireless so that's out. QoS, well I'd leave that alone for now as it's not really needed.

**walt.smith1960** · March 16th, 2011

Originally Posted by homieg9999

Thanks for the replies.

I've been to 192.168.1.1, logged in, but don't know what to change from there to get it working. What now?

Lou

My Linksys experience is with a WRT-54GL. Once you log onto the router, you may have a page with several tabs. One of the tabs was administration. That was where to change the router name & password. The wireless tab was where to enable or disable wireless. If you click around, you should be able to find what you want. Nothing will change unless you click 'save changes'. You're not going to break anything; worst case there's a little red reset button on the back which will return everything to factory defaults.

**homieg9999** · March 16th, 2011

After trying everybody's suggestion, I've come to the conclusion that it's a broken router. The lights light up, but something must not be working. I'm going to try a new router at some point and see if that works.

**walt.smith1960** · March 16th, 2011

Originally Posted by homieg9999

After trying everybody's suggestion, I've come to the conclusion that it's a broken router. The lights light up, but something must not be working. I'm going to try a new router at some point and see if that works.

If you're so inclined, you could try reloading/reflashing/whatever. Maybe take a look in Linksys' support topics if you haven't done so.