----------------------------------- person Sun Mar 26, 2006 6:26 pm connecting a linksys adapter ----------------------------------- How do I connect a my Linksys adapter to a router in ubuntu? This is what I did, I would appreciated if someone could correct my steps. 1) System>Administration>Networking 2) Clicked on the Wireless Netwrok Adapter 3) Clicked on properties and filled everything in. 4) Made the Wireless Netwrok Adapter active. 5) Set it as my network connection. 6) Clicked OK 7) Can't access the internet. ----------------------------------- Naveg Sun Mar 26, 2006 8:26 pm ----------------------------------- internet is very different from local network. can you access your local network? Try pinging the router to find out. Assuming you can, make sure you have your DNS servers where they're supposed to be (resolv.conf for me...) ----------------------------------- person Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:10 pm ----------------------------------- Another thing, the encryption type for my router is currently WPA. Is there any way to change this without reinstalling the software for the router? ----------------------------------- Martin Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:54 am ----------------------------------- Try typing dhcpd in a terminal. ----------------------------------- codemage Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:45 am ----------------------------------- You can change a lot of your router settings by hitting its address in an internet browser. ----------------------------------- person Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:50 pm ----------------------------------- I did that, so what would the username and password be for the router? ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:32 pm ----------------------------------- should be Admin/admin ----------------------------------- Martin Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:05 pm ----------------------------------- If that doesn't work, try no username with password admin. ----------------------------------- chrispminis Tue Mar 28, 2006 11:30 pm ----------------------------------- For mine it was. user- admin pass- password. ----------------------------------- Mazer Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:45 am ----------------------------------- You said you have a linksys adapter, but what router? For linksys I think it's usually: user: user pass: admin And D-Link: user: admin pass: [none] It's been a long time, I don't know about Linksys. Of course your best bet would be the manual. ----------------------------------- codemage Wed Mar 29, 2006 12:27 pm ----------------------------------- ...and then your 2nd immediate task is to change your default password. Hacking101: if you want your computer to be compromised really quickly, don't change any of your default networking passwords. :) ----------------------------------- person Wed Mar 29, 2006 5:06 pm ----------------------------------- it was: Admin/admin ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:38 pm ----------------------------------- of course it was =P ----------------------------------- [Gandalf] Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:41 pm ----------------------------------- So what's your router IP again? :) Read: Change you username and password now. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:54 pm ----------------------------------- it doesnt really matter if he made the rounter un pingable... you still cant access it ----------------------------------- codemage Thu Mar 30, 2006 2:36 pm ----------------------------------- it was: Admin/admin Yeah... that's what it was last time I visited it. :twisted: Have you changed it yet, or should I check again? :wink: ----------------------------------- person Thu Mar 30, 2006 6:12 pm ----------------------------------- Have you changed it yet, or should I check again? you should...