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 <[email protected]> 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@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. > > > -- > -- > Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> > Boston Linux and Unix > PGP key id: 6F6BB6E7 > Key fingerprint: 0EDC 2FF5 53A6 8EED 84D1 3050 5715 B88D 6F6B B6E7 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
