Unable to reach 192.168.1.1

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Gaurish

Forerunner
Hi,
I am unable to open ADSL modem config page, even pinging fails.

Code: 
gaurish ~ > ping -c 4 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
From 192.168.1.6 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.6 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.6 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.6 icmp_seq=4 Destination Host Unreachable

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +4 errors, 100% packet loss, time 3009ms

the reason behind is presence of Wireless router between my PC and router.I can open the config page directly. however swap LAN cables every-time I need to do some troubleshooting is convenient.

here is my network

Code: 
Telephone Line --> ADSL modem(bridge mode) --> Wireless Access Point(PPPoE) --> My PC & other nodes via Wifi

* ADSL modem:
IP: 192.168.1.1
Subnet:255.255.255.0

* Wireless AP
IP: 192.168.1.2
Subnet: 255.255.255.0

Nodes:
Address by DHCP range is 192.168.1.5-20
Subnet:255.255.255.0

I was wondering if there is some workaround by which I could access 192.168.1.1 without altering my network topology
 
Is the dial-up connection shared ? That causes the same problem in my case. Of course, it shows a warning message when turning the sharing of the connection.
 
The 192.168.1.x addresses that the computers on your home network are being alloted are private addresses which are valid only within the home network.
The ADSL modem is not considered to be a part of the "Local Network" by your router since its plugged into the "Internet" Port on your router and is hence requests for 192.168.1.1 are first looked up in its routing table of alloted IP's but since the ADSL modem is not a part of the local network there is no entry for it in the routers routing table. Thus all requests for 192.168.1.1 are forwared for DNS lookup which will fail since that particular range is one of the ranges reserved for private use. Private Network Ranges

A possible workaround might be to plug in the ADSL modem into one of the ports for the local network and set the router such that it always assigns 192.168.1.1 as the address to the ADSL Modem using its MAC address.

A similar configuration will be required on the ADSL modem so as to ensure that it always assigns 192.168.1.2 as the routers address.

Once you're done with this come back to the router and set it up to use:
Static IP address of 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
DNS: Whatsoever you already use.

This should probably work:). If it doesent and you're mad because you spent half an hour messing with settings resulted in zero progress and your router/modem/comp/cat/dog/ferrari(?) goes up in flames :) Please dont come after me with a bat.:D

Good luck and happy tinkering.:hap2:
 
Xanthor said:
A possible workaround might be to plug in the ADSL modem into one of the ports for the local network and set the router such that it always assigns 192.168.1.1 as the address to the ADSL Modem using its MAC address.
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Thanks for such a good explaination!

Yeah, I know It would work, but I can't use it because, I need Wireless AP to be in PPPoE mode so that connecting clients don't have dial to use internet connection. also, multiple client won't be able to access internet as same time.

any other workaround?

sabby said:
Is the dial-up connection shared ? That causes the same problem in my case. Of course, it shows a warning message when turning the sharing of the connection.
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there is no dial up connection used. Wireless Access Points as PPPoE client for me.
 
The only ADSL modem I've used (MTNL Huawei) could be set up to dial on its own when it was switched on by disabling bridge mode.

If your modem can dial on its own then you're golden; else I'm all out of ideas. :(
 
Xanthor said:
The only ADSL modem I've used (MTNL Huawei) could be set up to dial on its own when it was switched on by disabling bridge mode.

If your modem can dial on its own then you're golden; else I'm all out of ideas. :(
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Yes, ADSL modem can also put into PPPoE model but

I have 4 LAN port and 1 WAN on wifi AP. If i switch the model into PPPoE. I would be need to sacrifice on 1 LAN port as same would need to plug the LAN wire from Modem. currently all 4 lan ports are being used.

I was wonder If I could use Remote Administration feature to login into the config page via Internet. there is option to define a IP in router config page but not sure how it would behave with dynamic IP that BSNL assigns.
 
This is turning out to be quite a test of my rudimentary knowledge. :P

Try this:

Get No-IP

Register for an account.

Download the client.

Get a free domain from No-IP

Enable web configuration from the ADSL Router; make a note of the Port it uses.

Run the NO-IP client on any of the PC's on the network. Let it update so on and so forth.

Try accessing the ADSL Modems Config page using the free address you get from No-IP followed by the routers configuration port.

Eg: http://gaurish.noip.com: Port Number
 
Xanthor said:
This is turning out to be quite a test of my rudimentary knowledge. :P

Try this:

Get No-IP

Register for an account.

Download the client.

Get a free domain from No-IP

Enable web configuration from the ADSL Router; make a note of the Port it uses.

Run the NO-IP client on any of the PC's on the network. Let it update so on and so forth.

Try accessing the ADSL Modems Config page using the free address you get from No-IP followed by the routers configuration port.

Eg: http://gaurish.noip.com: Port Number
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Sorry, that didn't work either:ashamed:

I guess,Whenever I have to troubleshoot, I manually switching the LAN cables and establish direct connectivity between PC and ADSL router. after troubleshooting is over, one can switch back.

This seems the only option:|
 
I think the above method will work once you've switched the ADSL modem over to PPPOE.

Leave conncections as is i.e Modem Connected to WAN. Comps connected to LAN
 
Xanthor said:
Leave conncections as is i.e Modem Connected to WAN. Comps connected to LAN
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4LAN post on Wifi AP act as a Hub, all data is shared between them, while WAN port is completely separate . so this won't either;)
 
Give it a shot, i'm pretty sure it ought to work. I've got a friend using the same setup. (Modem connected to WAN Rest to LAN)

My only doubts are about how the modem will interpret the incoming request for remote administration.
 
Xanthor has given the best solution, will make it simple for you if you want

I'll assume the following

ADSL LAN IP > 192.168.1.1
Wireless Router IP > 192.168.1.2
Any System IP In the Internal network > 192.168.1.3-255 if subnet is 255.255.255.0

Now put the Lan cable coming from your ADSL Modem into one of the lan port, instead of internet. Now configure your router with following settings

Static IP address of 192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
DNS 192.168.1.1 or any other DNS you prefer

Now you end up losing one LAN port you can buy a 4-8 port switch and expand your ports if you want to.

If you want to access your Modem from INTERNET, register an account with DynDNS https://www.dyndns.com/ and most routers have the option to configure DynDns in your router itself, there are multiple level domain available choose one as of your liking..
Also you can download there client so it will update the Dyn IP of your modem for you.

Let me know if you need any more help
 
Try setting the IP of the wireless router to 192.168.1.1 and the ADSL modem to 192.168.1.2 and see if you can access it.
 
Umm...What firmware are ya using on the router?

Using Tomato and routing tables,

I've set the Modem as 192.168.0.1

and the router as 192.168.1.1

And am able to connect to the modem through 192.168.0.1 :)
 
Best option.

ADSL Modem - 192.168.0.1

Wifi WAN IP Address - 192.168.0.2

Wifi Router Gateway Address - 192.168.1.1

PC Addresses - 192.168.1.x

This will ensure that you can connect to ADSL Switch by going to 192.168.0.1 and connect to Wifi Router using 192.168.1.1.

I have personally tried this setup loads of times over Wifi, on my old MTNL ADSL setup.
 
I believe I was able to do it with my UTStar modem and Linksys WiFi router by setting modem to PPPoE and internal IP (192.168.1.1) and setting wifi router "internet->static IP 192.168.1.2" and internal ip to 192.168.2.1 both had subnet set to 255.255.255.0 and then my machines (if DHCP enabled) would get IPs like 192.168.2.x

I now have my modem in bridged mode and my router in PPPoE mode (reverse of above) and I can't get it to work, so try the above...
 
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