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Windows Server 2003, installation problem: getting username/password popup when trying to connect to router, fail to connect
Windows Server 2003, installation problem: getting username/password popup when trying to connect to router, fail to connect
- Situation: New install of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise on a new server box. Successfully got Windows OS installed, and DNS/Active Directory installed and configured. Huzzah, and thank the gods for internet search engines.
Next step is to configure the network router, a Linksys WRT54GL, and there is the problem. When I fire up Internet Explorer on the server console, it loads the MSN home page fine (left the default page unchanged for testing). When I enter the router IP address (192.168.1.1) in the IE's URL bar (to log in to the router and run its config), I get a Windows username/password popup window. I type in the Administrator user name and the admin password, but the window just pops up again, and again and again, and IE never connects to the router. The Administrator account is the only one on the server at present; no other logins have been created. The popup window is *not* the Linksys login window shown in the Linksys docs; that one requires a blank username and a default password listed in the Linksys docs.
Is this a rights issue? I would have thought Adminstrator has default rights to do everything. I am not a network admin pro, just helping out a friend, and this one has me stumped.
If specific configuration information is needed, I am happy to provide it, and will be grateful for any illumination offered.
Answers
- Hi FMoody_PA,
Based on my experience, the logon window probably is Linksys router login windows. Most router's config is using "admin" or "administrator" as default user account and "blank" or "password" as its password. If these credentails are incorrect, you may read the Linksys manual to reset its password, then try to use the "default admin" of Linksys router to login again.
Best Regards,
Wilson Jia
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.- Marked As Answer byWilson JiaMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 13, 2009 3:40 AM
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- What else is in the logon box? This Linksys says "The server 192.168.1.1 at RV016 requires a username and password .............."
Regards, Dave Patrick .... Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] - Hi FMoody_PA,
Based on my experience, the logon window probably is Linksys router login windows. Most router's config is using "admin" or "administrator" as default user account and "blank" or "password" as its password. If these credentails are incorrect, you may read the Linksys manual to reset its password, then try to use the "default admin" of Linksys router to login again.
Best Regards,
Wilson Jia
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.- Marked As Answer byWilson JiaMSFT, ModeratorFriday, November 13, 2009 3:40 AM
