How to access your router on xp or vista!

There are many reasons you may want to access your router, one being to set up a dns, or opening ports for hosting online game servers!

1. click start
2. click run
3. type cmd
4. click ok
1. (an command prompt should appear)
5. In the command prompt, type "ipconfig /all" (without quotes)
6. The output should look something like this: image
7. In the output look for "Default Gateway"
8. In the example image, the default gateway is 192.168.0.1
9. Copy and paste YOUR default gateway into a browser's address bar.
10. If you don't know what I mean by address bar, it looks something like this: image
11. Now simply enter your password for your router, if you don't know it, and don't remember changing it from the default, check here: http://www.routerpasswords.com/
12. If your router default password doesn't work, talk to the "techie" of the family! or aim me: gshortyn for more help!
13. Now if you're logged in, you should have full power over your router, and you should be able to access it at the default gateway under the same username and password at anytime

Thanks for reading my guide to you and your router!