You can find the IP address of the router in the following ways:Ģ. The unique number for computers on a TCP/IP network is called an IP address.
#Medialink router password 32 bit
The most common networking protocol, TCP/IP, uses a 32 bit binary number which is written as four decimal numbers separated by periods (such as 192.168.1.1). I'm sure this is rare.Įvery computer on a network is assigned a unique number. If your router was setup by a good techie, there should be a piece of paper next to it with the IP address, userid and password. Log in to the website built into the routerģ. There are three steps to changing the password in a router:*Ģ. If the website is that of a bank or credit card company, and you enter a userid/password, you can kiss your identity, and money, good-bye. Malicious DNS servers can result in your visiting to a website, any website, and ending up at a phony version of the site run by bad guys. For an introduction to the concept of DNS servers, see my prior posting on OpenDNS. Specifically, the dangerous configuration option is the DNS server. In brief, if your router is using the default password, your computer is vulnerable to an attack where the router is re-configured. Accessing this internal website requires a userid/password, something totally independent of any wireless network passwords.Ī year ago, in my prior blog, I discussed why it is so important to change the default router password (see Home routers can be dangerous. This is what you need to know.Įvery router, wired or wireless, has an internal website used to make configuration changes.
Due to space limitations, the answer by J. Recently, in the techie Q&A column in the New York Times, someone asked about changing the password in their router.
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