Having a Personal Area Network (PAN) with the help of a Bluetooth dongle is not enough for me. I need to have access access to the internet anywhere within the house.
Tonight, I paid CD-R King a visit and grabbed the cheapest Wireless Broadband Router they have. I was given with the LP-8186.
The LP-8186 is a wireless broadband router that support 802.11b/g, as well as WiFi a & n classifications. What made me bought the unit was the fact that it also supports up to 4 wired network connections, as a regular 4-port hub will do.
From the time I opened its box, attach the Smart Bro UTP cable to the router, turned on my PC, and launched the setup program, I just took me around 7 minutes. Fired up my desktop’s internet browser and it connects to the internet. Fired up the internet browser in my HP Mini 2133, which is around 10 feet away from the router, and bobreyes.com loads.
To ultimately test its capabilities, I went up to the second floor of our house, tried to surf, and it worked!
Here are some specs of the LP-8186 as printed in its box:
- Supports Gateway modes
- WEP, WPA Encryption – 64/128bit (WEP), WPA TKIP
- TCP/UDP/ICMP/ARP protocol stack
- Dynamic DNS
- DHCP Client and Server
- PPPoE PPTP
- UPnP
Tomorrow, I’ll test on how far can the AP reach — car port? sidewalk? sari-sari store?
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grace says:
Hi… we bought cd-r king router LP8186 and its useless. hindi ko na po alam kung paanong set up ang gagawin, i can’t connect my mac on the internet via wifi, tapos pag ginamitan ng cable, nawawalan na rin ng connection yung desktop, i tried to insert the cd pero unconnected sya parati, i think once pa lang po pumasok yung cd ng maayos, i checked the router, may ilaw naman yung wan at wlan, pati yung lan 1 for the desktop, pero unconnected pa rin pagdating sa set up kaya di ko po ma-change yung configuration. Please jelp po para sabay magamit yung desktop at mac (wi-fi) sa net, thanks po!
grace says:
btw, we’re also using smartbro
thanks! really appreciate it if you could help…
Cami says:
Argghhh… My gf already burned the router in the trash can… its been 4 hours we’ve been trying to make it work… Arghhh
louie says:
hi, could you help me, i have a router that I bought from cd-r king its “WIRELESS-N MIMO AP ROUTER WITH GIGABIT PORT 2T4R” but I dont know how to set up this thing, pls help me…..
tin carpio says:
i also purchased the wireless router LP-8186 from CD-RKing. I cannot set it up with my Bayan DSL. When I asked the store staff, they e-mailed me instructions, but still have limited connectivity. please help.
Choi says:
Hi. I am faced with the same problem. I can’t seem to figure how to find my way thru the connections. I’ve been browsing several alternatrives on the web i.e. changing IP addresses to resetting but nothing seems to work. The wireless network is “visible” but when a connection is attempted, my HP laptop reports that the signal is too weak. (take note, the laptop is just a foot away from the router)It then suggests to seek for other wireless connections… the process is an endless loop really. It’s becoming frustrating. Need your help. Thanks.
Momijet says:
Good morning! kindly share your configuration on pldt-dsl and wireless LP-8186. Thanks in advance.
jed says:
Hi, i have a wireless router LP – 8186 but i lost the cd installer of this product, where can i get another installer or Cd of this product? can U help me
jed says:
I lost the cd installer of my wireless router, where can i get another Installer or cd?thanks
mark tolentino says:
This is the crappiest router in the world. I can’t make it work with my laptop although my desktop (connected to the router via LAN) is working just fine. The laptop can’t connect to the router and only shows ‘limited or no connectivity’. I can’t believe I wasted P1,280 on this piece of crap router.
Leana Cristobal says:
Can’t install my cd-r king LP-8616 router on Globe Wimax until I changed the gateway address to 202.126.40.5. I got the gateway address from Globe when I had trouble connecting with Wimax and they instructed me to run Dos command ping :)
Leana Cristobal says:
Can’t connect my SE Experia running Windows mobile 6.1 on cd-r king router WIFI. Please help!
michael says:
@bob,i got a lp 8618 i can’t use the wifi but it is detected what shold i do,im using globe wimax
Terrance says:
Have the lp-8186 using Bayantel (pppoe) …can you help me set it up????
moomoo says:
hello. i have the same model of wifi. I wanted to change our password, but i forgot what the default ssid is. any help?
mike says:
hi i used same router,my probllem is ican’t access my Ip camera thru internet, i config my cam thru port forwarding.
I ask if the router is capable in Port forwarding? if yes how to configure.thanks
odzk says:
Do you happen to know where to download a firmware for this modem? Bumigay na yata sakin after 1 year of working. maybe upgrading the firmware will fix the problem. Thanks.
pupung says:
hi , i have the same router as yours but im really having a bad time with my router. My router doesn’t works well with my desktop says Access Local Only But i cant connect to the internet my isp is Pldt DSL. Also, im trying to reinstall the configuration CD for the router set up but the cd says that UNCONNECTED!! every time i tried to play the CD it just say UNCONNECTED. Hope u can help me. GODBLESS BRO and MORE POWER
Gelle says:
hi… i have the same router and have it configured already, but when i tried it at home, i cant connect… i’ve tried to configure it myself, following the instructions in the user’s manual but to no avail… can you pls help me on this? thank you so much…
michelle says:
good morning!i purchased 5 port fast ehternet switch with usb power fron cd-r king(PW-105).But it seems needs to be configured.I don’t know how?Can you help me please?
jherruelle says:
I installed my new belkin router to both laptop and desktop pc, but i encountered a problem. My desktop pc has internet connection already but my laptop doesn’t have yet. Although it says there that my laptop is already connected to the router, still the status is “NO INTERNET CONNECTION”. I followed the instructions. Is there a need to change the settings in my laptop? How? And also, I noticed that the modem icon light(red or amber) in the router is blinking and the wireless icon light changes, sometimes the light is on, off and blinking. Could anyone here help me about my concern? please! thanks!
diver says:
I have the same problem and I already fixed it! Will, it’s really more on technical thing in setting up the LP-8186 wireless router. I’ll provide screenshots on how to set-up your cd-r king wireless router. If you are interested please email me at [email protected]. Please indicate “CD-R King Wireless Router Assistance” as subject on your email.
So far, I’m enjoying the luxury with my internet connection and cd-r king wireless router!!!
***winks***
Mike Santos says:
I just baught my CD-R king LP-8616 and I can’t seem to get internet connection. I’m using skybroadband. Although my laptop was able to detect the router’s signal I just can’t get an internet connection. can you help me?
raffysunday says:
hi bob,
i have here with me LP-8686.
i was able to configure it from my desktop, meaning . . . was able to configure using webbase and the PC can find the router, also i tried to connect my notebook and it does located the router.
the problem is, i cannot connect to the internet. i am using globe wireless (not the tattoo, i am using the one with antenna on top of my house.
please help if you have an idea about this issue.
thank you very much
Melody Red says:
hi! last Nov 30 bili ako router sa cdr king,,nakaconfigure na cya pero pag wireless na gamit ko limit access or no ISP pldt my dsl.OS windows 7.please help
Sniper says:
hi, i bought a router last night, but i dont know the configuration settings. can you help me configure the correct settings so that i can use my wireless connection. The router is cdrking LP8186 and bayantel is my internet connection. i hope you can help me. thank you.. this is Sniper. =)
maxcmanz says:
Hello Bob,
Just bought a TP Link Wireless Router for my SmartBro ISP. Tried following the direction from the Cd. Seems like evrything is okay but I can’t connect to the Internet. I believe that I might have the wrong setup on the type of ISP that Smart Bro uses. The router gives me 3 choices(Dynamic, Static, PPPoE). I have tried dynamic and it does not work. have not tried PPPoE because my wife forgot the username and PW. Does Smart Bro use PPPoE? Thanks for any input.
Mae says:
hi gudeve…i having problem with my router..i also bought it in CD-R king…RTL918-GW…also a wifi type…i cant connect tru wifi..or either with the cable..when using the router..:(
MJ Gatdula says:
i have a cdr-king LP-8616 Wireless- MIMO AP Router (1T1R), my laptop is Dell Inspiron E1505 windows 7(i don’t know if if this is needed to find solution kaya sinama ko na din). i already followed all the steps as instructed by the cdr-king technician, pero wala pa din, mataas ang signal ko pero i cannot connect to the internet. same with the desktop na nakakabit sa router. it detects the connection pero wala naman ako mapuntahan website…as in walang internet….patulong naman po pls. Digitel ang DSL internet provider ko. salamat po. God bless.
Joe says:
I have purchased a CDR King Wireless B Mimo AP Router (1T1R1)LP-8616.
My CD for router is damaged and http://192.16.1.254 does not work. How can I open the port?
Jerome says:
Hello,
I’ve been trying to setup this CDRKING LP-8186 but I can only set it up with allowed MAC Address. I want to set it up that other devices can connect or visiting friends can also connect by just using a pass key.
I hope you can instruct me to achieve this.
Thanks and more power
Jhessy says:
I recently bought from CDR King CAR2-701U. do you happen to know how to manually configure it for wireless connection? Thanks a lot. My email is [email protected]
kathleen gail tolosa says:
umm excuse me but i want to ask you about how to put a password on our router… my head’s about to explode in figuring out how it works..!! it would very much help me if you could tell me where to type the configuration code that you said we should type to put on a password for the router.. tnx. really need your reply. and tnx!!.. =)
frederick says:
i have a WL150-RT broadband router and i can’t configure it properly to connect to the internet. the instruction that came with it was not helpful at all. i have a digitel 768kbps dsl connection and a prolink modem. hope you’ll respond! thanks.
rome says:
i have the lp 8186 also and i have it setup, unfortunately i forgot the password and i have to reset it. do you know how?
Lito says:
I have a CD-R King LP-8696 router previously it was worked well on my PC using windows XP and Smart Bro. However when I upgraded my PC to Windows 7 and at the same time I change my ISP to Globe Wi-Max I’m having a headache to set it up and until now it doesn’t work. It is possible that it is not compatible to Windows 7? Pls. help. Thanks
jerson perez says:
i got the same problem regarding to my cd r king wifi router, please help me to configure
thaks!!!
McGrath says:
hey bro,, can’t connect my gigaset to the internet,,, i went to this address from the manual and it said disconnected… everytime i hit ‘CONNECT’ It doesnt really connect…