I need to be accepting all incoming and outgoing connections as I have been told by many programs, people, etc. I guess I need to make my connection to where I dont have a firewall and its just a straight connection. How can I disable the d-link ethernet broadband router firewall or if its on my computer, how do I disable it? Also: I know its crazy but I did forget my password when I enter my ip address in the browser. I never new I gave the router one. I thought it was blank by default and obviously its not. Is there anyway to reset the password or find it?
Just hit the reset buttom on your router to return it to its original state. Also, you can make your router just an AP or access point which will work for you I believe. Check on their website for the how too's but this might help as a guide... I set this up for my brother-in-law to make changes to his Belkin broadband router: First, to reset a Belkin Router to factory default settings do the following: Use a paper clip and hold in the reset button on the back of the unit for 10 seconds and release. Wait for the green lights to go off and then come back on. Unplug the power from the unit and wait 10 seconds again. Re-plug the power cord back into the unit and wait until you have green lights again. You should now be back to factory defaults. Make sure that you have an Ethernet cable plugged into the back of your PC and also into any one of the 1-4 LAN ports on the back of the Belkin Router. (Do NOT USE the Internet/WAN port for anything now or after setup as an Access Point.) One important note: You do not need to load any software for the Belkin Router if you plan on using it as an Access Point. Once your PC Ethernet cable is plugged into the back of your PC and also into either LAN ports 1-4 and the Belkin Router is powered on, start your internet browser and after it cannot find any page and gives you an error message, type in this exactly: http://192.168.2.1 Then click go or send, or hit your enter key. You should now be looking at a page for Belkin which is broadcasting right from the router itself. Follow the next three steps to complete this setup. 1. Under the WIRELESS Heading click on the link that says: Channel & SSID Change the channel from 11 to 6 Change the SSID to something like MyWireless or Nancy3657, etc. Just keep it short and also no spaces or hyphens, etc. This will appear every time you check your status, letting you know that it’s your wireless service that you are connected to. Click on Apply Changes! 2. Under LAN Setup Heading click on LAN settings. Click on DHCP Server and once there, click in the OFF circle to set it to off. Click on Apply Changes 3. Under WIRELESS Heading click on the link Use as an Access Point Click on the circle that says “Enable” When 2 new items pop up do the following: Specify IP Address should be changes from 192.168.2.254 to 192.168.2.100 Do not change the SubNetwork. It should remain as 255.255.255.0 Now pay close attention before you do anything else! Since you are about to change the IP address of your router, once you click on apply changes, it will look like it is taking forever to reload the page. It will not reload because you did change the IP address of your router. Once you click on apply, and you are asked if you are sure you want to make the change, you will click yes or OK, etc. and you might be asked again about your changes and you will again be asked to confirm by clicking yes or OK, etc. Watch your router for the green lights to go off, and then come back on. Once that happens your changes are made. Change the address in your internet browser from whatever is in there now to http://192.168.2.100 and click go or send, or hit your enter key. You should see the Belkin Page again but this time you should see all your changes except for the channel change. Once you are satisfied that everything took, unplug your router once more, wait ten seconds, and then re-plug it in. You now have only an Access Point and a switch, no longer using the Internet/WAN port.
