Multiple Router Login Requests

[skyeclad]

I have perhaps an easy question.

My wireless/wired network consists of a desktop PC, a couple of laptops and two ReplayTVs. ReplayTV doesn't like DHCP so I was trying to turn off DHCP on my router but I ended up losing the internet connection on my desktop PC. Not sure why that is but I hard reset my Netgear Router back to default settings because I couldn't even logon to the router's IP address.

Since then I've had a couple of wierd things going on. The RTV that is connected via wired ethernet has had some problems acquiring a DHCP IP address and even entering it manually doesn't seem to work reliably.

In addition, the desktop has network awareness and internet access but it keeps popping up with windows asking for the username and password to access IP 192.168.1.1. These popups indicate the router's model number WGR614V5 and IP and come up whenever a program is trying to access the internet such as Bitdefender or Steam. This didn't come up before the hard reset. Any thoughts on how to eliminate these?

 

[skyeclad]

Perhaps not as easy as I thought??

 

[RebateMonger]

Many (most) home-level routers now have a "getting started" web page that comes up automatically after you reset the router. It sounds like you are getting directed to this page for some reason. I don't know how the routers force the client computers to this page, but that could explain why things are malfunctioning and why you are seeing the login screen for the router.

I'd disconnect all but one PC, reset the router once again, log into the router, run through the setup, and save all the changes.

Reboot both the router and the PC a few times and make sure that you don't see that "getting started" web page anymore. THEN add the rest of the PCs to the network.

 

[skyeclad]

Ah, that makes sense. I bet the router is partially redirecting the other devices and programs over to the routers IP address. I remember that after the first restart of the PC, I did get the startup web screen and until I configured the router, nothing was connecting. I bet some part of this router's configuration is still thinking the set-up needs to take place. My ReplayTV sees the router and can connect to the Internet but when I ask it to obtain an IP address or verify the one I entered manually, it can't.

Now I wish I knew why my Hawking Wireless AP won't allow me to set an IP address and enter the advanced configuration??