Cannot enable wireless setting in D-Link router


  1. Posts : 258
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Cannot enable wireless setting in D-Link router


    I cannot enable the wireless setting on my D-Link 601 router. It is grayed out along with all the other wireless settings on that setup page.

    I used to be able to turn it on & off. It's usually turned off but I turned it on a few days ago to look at the various settings. I never saved any changes.

    FWIW the Wireless Setup Wizard is also grayed out. I noticed it was that way a few days ago when I was done looking at the settings while using the Manual Wireless Setup, but do not recall what it looked like earlier.

    Any ideas on what I might have done & how to get back access to the wireless settings?
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  2. Posts : 1,872
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
       #2

    Try resetting the router to factory default.
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  3. Posts : 258
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    pbcopter said:
    Try resetting the router to factory default.
    I thought about that & was hoping not to. All the wired stuff works & I'd hate to do a reset & then forget to click on some setting & spend more time trying to figure out which step I missed. But I'll probably end up doing a reset. I'll give D-LInk a call & maybe they have some simple solution.
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  4. Posts : 8,870
    Windows 7 Ult, Windows 8.1 Pro,
       #4

    Mike99 said:
    pbcopter said:
    Try resetting the router to factory default.
    I thought about that & was hoping not to. All the wired stuff works & I'd hate to do a reset & then forget to click on some setting & spend more time trying to figure out which step I missed. But I'll probably end up doing a reset. I'll give D-LInk a call & maybe they have some simple solution.
    Well actually resetting the router is about the only way to fix these types of problems.

    Very simple and also Standard procedure.
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  5. Posts : 258
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Got it working.

    Tried another PC, but settings still grayed out.

    Saved configuration & did a reset. Success - everything looked OK.
    Loaded original config. This set things back to grayed out condition.

    Did another reset & success again.
    Did not re-load original config as it must contain whatever is causing the problem.

    The only thing that I had to change was the Router IP Address.

    Note: I tried to Rep both of you but the system would not let me. Apparently it defaults to the last person & it would not let me do it again.
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  6. Posts : 1,872
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
       #6

    I'm glad it worked out.
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