[Discuss] Issues with actiontec router

[Ben Kallus]

If you're comfortable opening it up, you can always hook up to the internal
serial port. It'll give you a login prompt, which you can escape into a
root shell with ctrl-\. This has worked on the 3 different actiontec
routers I've tested.

On Tuesday, December 13, 2022, Jerry Feldman <gaf.linux at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a new actiontec wcb300n router. The problem I have with it is I
> cannot connect to its admin page via Linux.
> I did a factory reset, and now it is showing a local address of
> 192.168.99.254
> In the past I used another actiontec and was able to access the admin
page.
> Eliminating security, I disabled firewalld, booted into multi-user mode
and
> used lynx
> [gaf at fedora ~]$ lynx 192.168.99.254
>
> Looking up 192.168.99.254 first
> Looking up 192.168.99.254
> Making HTTP connection to 192.168.99.254
> Alert!: Unable to connect to remote host.
>
> lynx: Can't access startfile http://192.168.99.254/
>
> Additionally, I booted into a Live Ubuntu. This time I was served a
> 10.0.0.0/24 address. But still had the same problem, cannot access the
> router's admin page.
>
> I switched the cable to the second port and not I get a 10. cable address
I
> can use for zoom and jitsi meetings, but I still need to configure the
> router to change the wifi ssids.
>
> So, and suggestions before I return this to Amazon.
>
>
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