I think it's lame too, and confusing.
Do you suppose the router has a caching dns server with a few hard coded
entries?
(my 2¢)
Jared Anderson wrote:
> Actually, the URLs and 192.168.0.1 default to the wizard. The URL http://192.168.0.1/basicsetting.htm bypasses the wizard. Once the wizard thinks it's configured, the URLs and the IP address default to the http://192.168.0.1/basicsetting.htm.
>
> They made this change in the last firmware release, which I think was lame. I think their *thinking* behind the ip-to-url thing was to inform users that they can enter in the URL now, rather than IP address.
>
> --)> oRiGiNaL MeSsAgE
>
> From --)> "Eric \"Shubes\"" <plug@shubes.net>
> Date --)> Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:03:07 -0700
> Subject --)> Re: Wireless router help
>
>
>>I see. The url(s) default to the router's configuration manager, e.g.
>>http://192.168.0.1/basicsetting.htm.
>
>
--
-Eric 'shubes'
"There is no such thing as the People;
it is a collectivist myth.
There are only individual citizens
with individual wills
and individual purposes."
-William E. Simon (1927-2000),
Secretary of the Treasury (1974-1977)
"A Time For Truth" (1978), pg. 237
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