Here's the usb-to-serial adapter i purchased back in January. Worked great.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IDSM6BW SABRENT USB 2.0 to Serial (9-Pin) DB-9 RS-232 Converter Cable On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 2:40 PM Jerry Feldman <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Ben, > I might try that if I survive diving into my old box of cables. Have not > used a serial port in years :-) > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 2:28 PM Ben Kallus < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > > > -- > -- > 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 > -- John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix Email [email protected] / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0x920063C6 PGP-Key-Fingerprint A5AD 6BE1 FEFE 8E4F 5C23 C2D0 E885 E17C 9200 63C6 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
