BEFSR41 - not found after XP install

[gamerland]

I recently installed windows XP SP2, and since the install I cannot reach the router configuration panel. I can reach the internet fine, but I cannot change anything.

Any ideas on what may be wrong would be appreciated. I have tried this with XP firewall turned off to no avail.

Thank you,
Mike.

 

[JOAMON]

Go to network connections and right click on properties for the wireless connection and look at the wireless networks tab. I beleive that when service pack 2 is installed it automatically selects windows to manage the connection. If you deselect this then you should be able to get back in. I have linksys home net and I let windows manage it and it does a better job than the linksys progam does.

 

[bcastner]

The BEFSR41 is not a wireless router.

Could you do an IPCONFIG /all and report back the results?
What happens when you do a PING to the router IP?

 

[gamerland]

bcaster - I can ping it and here is what IPCONFIG /all returns:

C:\>IPCONFIG /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : officebx1
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Linksys LNE100TX Fast Ethernet Adapter(LNE100TX v4)
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-20-78-1E-42-04
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : [highlight]192.168.1.1[/highlight]
        DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 151.201.0.38
                                            199.45.32.43
        Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:38:24 AM
        Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Friday, March 25, 2005 7:38:24 AM

Until XP I was able to reach the status panel at

http://192.168.1.1/Status.htm

 

[JOAMON]

Right...sorry i missed that....just a router...

Should be able to enter 192.168.1.1 in your browser to get into the router. no username and password admin.

 

[bcastner]

Are you passing the Administrator username and password in the URL? If so, make the registry change suggested here:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=834489

And apply this hotfix:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=884020