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0 pointslolc2y ago0 comments

Funny I do use a name to log into my router at home. That worked right away and the name is printed in large friendly letters on the router.

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1vuio0pswjnm72y ago· 2 in thread

Why not tell us the name of the router so we can learn about something different. Would be interesting to see a router with a built-in DNS server. Most home routers I have seen require people to type 192.168.0.1, 10.0.0.1 or whatever to set it up or to change settings. If anyone wants to try to argue otherwise, I could provide links to countless PDFs of manuals online showing this step in the set up instructions.

lolcOP2y ago

The router I'm referring to is specific to a provider. Wouldn't be very useful. I've also observed Fritzbox routers using the fritz.box domain for internal networking out of the box.

1vuio0pswjnm72y ago

For example,

https://assets.avm.de/files/docs/fritzbox/fritzbox-7590-ax-v...

"You can also enter the IP address of the FRITZ!Box or the emergency IP.

The preset IP address is: http://192.168.178.1

The emergency IP address is: http://169.254.1.1"

Typing "fritz.box" into a browser is useless unless one already has an internet connection.

If it's a remote DNS query then is that really "internal networking".

Looks like there's an ad for NFTs at fritz.box along with some links to Javascript files and nothing else. No content. I think I'd rather just use a local address.

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