I have a Tenda W150M which has a number of functions but I use it as an access point.
Normally, I use Microsoft Windows
and a LAN cable to access the setup page at 192.168.2.1
but I don't have that computer available now.
I am trying to access the setup page at 192.168.2.1
with Ubuntu. What "wired connection" settings do I need to do this?
Edits follow:
As far as I know, my Ubuntu 12.04 is stock. I don't mess with comm. configs generally. I recall that sometimes Windows 7
with Internet Explorer
gets to 192.168.2.1
with a stock config but I've also experienced one occasion where I had to tweak a stock Windows 7
a bit but I don't remember what the tweak was.
Issuing this command cat /etc/network/interfaces
produces this output:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
Issuing this command:
ifconfig; route -n
produces this output:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e8:03:9a:08:d7:9b
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::ea03:9aff:fe08:d79b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:81012 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:84117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:92583272 (92.5 MB) TX bytes:10290944 (10.2 MB)
Interrupt:50 Base address:0xe000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:11244 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:11244 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1040726 (1.0 MB) TX bytes:1040726 (1.0 MB)
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0
The config listed here works in that the telco's DSL modem LAN drop allows Ubuntu to access the internet. The same config will not work when the LAN cable goes to the Tenda W150M using Chrome to browse 192.168.2.1
.
If it's not obvious: the intention is to use the telco's DSL modem LAN drop to broadcast WiFi because the wireless signal from the telco's DSL modem is weak at my preferred location.
Edit
I found the solution for Windows 7
, as a YouTube
video, but I don't know how to do this in Ubuntu.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKd9zHlwhMY
Warning: the video is more than 5 minutes long!