How do I stop http : / / from appearing in the browser after hitting the
Enter key?
Trying to access the Belkin Web Interface 192.168.2.254.
Instructions state to type in 192.168.2.254 WITHOUT anything else but http:
keeps popping up after I hit enter. Then a Google search page comes up.
P.S. I'm using Internet Explorer 8
[Edited on 18/7/2009 by festprint]
festprint
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posted on 18/7/09 at 16:47
quote:How do I stop http://
from appearing in the browser after hitting the Enter key?
Trying to access the Belkin Web Interface 192.168.2.254.
Instructions state to type in 192.168.2.254 WITHOUT anything else but http:
keeps popping up after I hit enter. Then a Google search page comes up.
P.S. I'm using Internet Explorer 8
An IP address even if it's local is treated as a web site address, for
example http://127.0.0.1
which is the IP address for a local webserver / host. Same goes for router
IP address, when you want to access the administration page to admin your
router, you access it through the browser (can be accessed from command
line too).
When you write any IP address on the address bar, all browsers not just IE
will append http:// before it and it's normal, your help guide is meant
probably not to type anything else after or before as they know that will
be appended to http://. In some cases and if your favorite search engine is
set to take you directly to the website / IP address and it does not find
it, it'll do a search instead.
If the IP address of your belkin router admin URL is correct, i.e
192.168.2.254, just type it and it should take you to the router admin page
to enter your admin username and password so you can change things. Try
also http://192.168.2.1 or
http://192.168.2.2 instead
of http://192.168.2.254, see also this thread http://www.wi-fitechnology.com/viewthread1886.html
PS: Members with less than 10 posts all have their posts with certain words
replaced, they can not post website addresses, signatures etc, so, http://
will be removed for example, so I corrected your post where it said http://
to http : / / so it can appear, this is due to our internal apam busting
system to discourage one time spammers and robots...!
