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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">OK, got it working! for future
reference, the default IP for the XH8287 is 192.168.1.250.
Username/password is admin/admin. <br>
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On 22/02/14 19:35, Klaatu wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">In the past, I have re-set an AP (usually a recessed reset button
somewhere on the back or bottom of the unit), and then plugged my
computer directly into the AP, put myself onto the same subnet, and
navigated to the IP address it held by default. That has worked for me,
although I have not tried with the exact same brand as the one you have.
-klaatu
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Yes, but I didn't know the IP address (and hence not the subnet),
dear Liza, dear Liza... that was the whole point of the excercise!<br>
<br>
I had tried just having my computer and the AP on the network to see
whether I could DHCP me an IP address, and I also tried setting it
to 192.168.1.10 and tried 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.254. <br>
<br>
I tried nmap on 192.156.1.0/24 too, but didn't get anything. <br>
<br>
But your email, plus Cliffp's suggestion to keep nmap'ing, plus
Kingsley's suggestion that the router-inspired route might mean I
wasn't able to ping it while it was trying to route through the
router, prompted me to go back to a manually-configured 192.168.1.10
address and nmap'ing from there. Lo and behold, the AP turned up!<br>
<br>
Thanks to everyone who helped. I now have changed the IP to be on
the same subnet as everything else, reset the SSID, configured WPA,
and changed the password. <br>
<br>
BTW, is WPA satisfactory? It seems this device is too old for
WPA2...<br>
<br>
Interestingly, in my travels, I found this site explaining how to
hack it to install DD-WRT... <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.marlwifi.org.nz/projects/xh8287-hack">http://www.marlwifi.org.nz/projects/xh8287-hack</a><br>
<br>
It is a bit of a hardware hack...<br>
<br>
I haven't soldered anything much since I was a kid, and even then I
didn't do a lot, so this is probably a little beyond my skill set at
the moment, but might be an interesting project...<br>
<br>
-Andrew. <br>
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