Can an IP address be saved as a favourite?

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by HooliganDan

You sir, know lots.

Confucius he say: the fountain of knowledge flows through us all, but some peoples plumbing needs attention

Yep it is dependant on your router/wireless device. It is generally the only thing on your network that has a proper IP address, everything else is normally provided with a private IP address (usually 192.168.x.x), most routers are set to automatically give the addresses out.

However if you are having issues you can reserve the IP address of your laptop (if you have access to the router) and then specify the IP address you have reserved on the laptop itself.

127.0.0.1 is simply a loopback address and is most commonly used for testing the IP stack of the local device.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by HooliganDan

You sir, know lots.

And its probably 192.168.0.1

And on a Netgear I almost guarantee that.

Oh and make sure you have changed your default password.

Ah, I'm a fool! Haven't had to check the router in a while. Sorry about that then.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

And its probably 192.168.0.1

And on a Netgear I almost guarantee that.

Oh and make sure you have changed your default password.

that'll be admin/password then?

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

that'll be admin/password then?

Yep - tho if I find a Netgear "by accident" in that state, I usually change the password for the person as a courtesy for them letting me fo P2P downloads on their connection.

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

And its probably 192.168.0.1

And on a Netgear I almost guarantee that.

Oh and make sure you have changed your default password.

And if you enable remote management, move it off 80 and/or 8080.

Experience is that admin passwords for netgear seem to be a bit sticky. Having changed it, I discovered on one that the default still worked for a remote connection.

Netgear boxes can also be a bit of a bottle neck. Some of them are only capable of 11Mb/s throughput (lan<->wan) despite having Gbit interfaces etc. so not much use on high speed networks. But on the plus at least netgear tend to publish their throughput rates. and support AES 256 encryption etc.

What I find concerning is that I work in Telecomms. Ah well I guess they don't feel we need to know networking basics. Weird thing is every order I place has to have a loopback address (usually a /30). Most of the stuff I deal with is MPLS, LL, point to point or some form of DSL (MPLS DSL, ADSL, SDSL and HDSL). And they wonder why our lead times always slip. I guess to be fair by the time I get involved I have a team of Technical Consultants for all the tech bits, I just deal with the service delivery (in other words chasing carriers all day )

Still, this is why I am taking upon myself to do the Networking A++ exam. It can only help my understanding.

I'll stop rambling now.

[the_lone_wolf]

Originally Posted by HooliganDan

...MPLS DSL...

i think my great aunt died of that...

Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf

i think my great aunt died of that...

LOL!