router.com is giving me trouble.. HELP needed..

[steel_x3m]

I recently had to change my router and hence got a belkin N150 router.
It had a feature in which we are merely required to type router.com or http://router
in the address bar to access the routers configuration page.
The problem is i cannot access any website which has router in its address since it automatically
 forwards me to the routers config page.
Kindly do help me solve this problem.....Thank you in advance   

[Transfusion]

try using google public DNS-your router is altering your DNS settings to redirect to the router config whenever the word "router" is present in the address bar.


http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using.html

[steel_x3m]

Thanks for the reply..
But i frequently change my DNS using DNSbench and make sure always my secondary DNS is a Public one.
At the moment it is 8.8.4.4.
Still this odd problem persists.
Kindly do suggest me something else.

[Transfusion]

How about your primary DNS? Change that to the "main" DNS servers, which are located at 4.2.2.1 or 4.2.2.2


What browser are you using?

[steel_x3m]

My primary DNS is a local 1 which I am pretty much sure is not the trouble creator.
The browser i use is Mozilla primarily followed by opera and IE rarely.
The thing is this nuisance started happening once i installed my Belkin's router assisting software.
Before that there wasn't a problem like this.
Even though i uninstalled that software still it tends to go to my routers homepage on access
of anything with "router" in its name.
Even when i use the modem in lan only mode on accessing router.com it goes to the routers config. page.
Hence i don't think it is because of a DNS hiccup.
Suggest me something else PLZ...

[Transfusion]

Even though i uninstalled that software still it tends to go to my routers homepage on access
of anything with "router" in its name.
Even when i use the modem in lan only mode on accessing router.com it goes to the routers config. page.
Hence i don't think it is because of a DNS hiccup.
Suggest me something else PLZ...

That was really helpful, thanks for your info!


http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/
could you kindly open your hosts file and post the contents onto this forum thread?

[steel_x3m]

1st and foremost of all thank you so much Transfusion for your time and continuous support on this topic..

To the matter at hand I am pasting the host file here..
# Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#   127.0.0.1       localhost
#   ::1             localhost

Nothing looks unusual though...or does it?

[Transfusion]

This part got my attention:

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#   127.0.0.1       localhost
#   ::1             localhost

This is my stock hosts file:



# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host


127.0.0.1       localhost




A Local DNS as your primary? Try changing that to the google DNS 1: 8.8.8.8
It really sounds like the router altering your DNS settings...

[DaveLembke]

The Hash # in the hosts file comments out the 127.0.0.1 localhost, I'd remove the Hash from that line

[steel_x3m]

Removed the hashes as well as changed the primary and secondary DNS to 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4..
Still anythin with router in i t leads to router's config page...
Should sue Belkin for giving such a trouble without even asking the end-user for enabling such an option
+ without any real-time tests before hand.. else they would have found such a glitch and rectified it.
Still stuck with this issue...

[Geek-9pm]

Did a Google search.
Some User say unkind thngs about this router.
Some think it is great.
Can not find that problem yhour mention.
Is the 'router' name the only issue?
What if you type in ALL CAPS?

[Rob Pomeroy]

Sounds like the router itself has a flag set that's intercepting the DNS lookup; in other words, regardless of your configured DNS settings, it's doing its thing.  It could be that a factory reset on the router will resolve the issue once and for all.  So far, I've not been able to find any reference to this feature in Belkin's documentation...

Failing the reset option:

Is this happening erratically or consistently?

Could you type each of the following commands in a command prompt, please and cut and paste the results:

ipconfig /all
nslookup router.com
nslookup router
tracert router.com