Well, I tried to implement the wireless connection via mac addresses and surely did something wrong. Now I cannot access the internet or the router to undo what I did. Is there a way around this? Is the reset button on the router supposed to help?
Using windows xp and dlink router.
Most of them you hold the reset button in for about ten seconds while it's powered up, it goes back to factory settings. Did you set it allow only your MAC addresses?
For when you do it again... You may have locked yourself out via wireless, but that has no effect on the routers ethernet ports. Just plug a CAT5 cable into the router and computah and temporarily bypass the wireless part of the puzzle. Fix the configuration and you're back in business. No need to reset everything.
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