Can't access Router admin.

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stillwaiting <stillwaiting.1f21jm@no-mx.forums.yourdomain.com.au>
wrote:
>article' (http://tinyurl.com/5k287) I tried the first configuration
>because the second one seemed to require computers post router.

I suspect that your VOIP ports will only connect to the WAN port, so
you'll have to use configuration B). Yes, in order to configure the
router, you'll have to connect to one of it's LAN ports, but once it's
set up you can connect the laptop's Ethernet port to the WAN port,
enable ICS on the laptop's WAN port for satellite data, and hook up a
phone.

I'd try this somewhere with a wired broadbamd network first, just to
make sure of what works. For instance, the satallite connection may
not allow you to share it with ICS...

>cable I am using, it is a crossover. Will that make a difference?

You should use whatever cable makes the LEDs on the router light up,
and a reasonable response to ipconfig/all come up. You'll also have
to watch out for gotchas like having the ICS software and the router's
DHCP server trying to hand out IP addresses in the same subnet...