To get the mac address, of your wireless adapter, just go to command prompt type ipconfig /all and there you will see the physical mac address of the wireless adapter. This is very handy if you have one or two computers at home/office where you will need to connect to internet. (ii) Enable Mac access restriction, so that only the mac addresses you specify will only be able to the internet. You will need to do the following things to make your modem secure and prevent the public from misusing it. In this step, we will be securing the modem and configure wireless settings. Once this is done, you should be able to connect internet through LAN ethernet, but not wirelessly which we will see in the next step Step 3:

Username: (starts with your phone no)ĭNS: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4 (use google dns server instead of ISP provided ones) Once you gain access to modem administration page, make sure you select and set the following values…

Once you do this, you can reach your modem and access administration page. It can be in 192.168.1.XX format where xx can be any value between 2-100 and not 1. In the above i have assumed that my modem is linksys and it has default admin page as and the the value you enter in IP address, should be similar to that the gateway. Important: The above values should be entered depending upon what you use for accessing modem page. Incase you are unable to reach the modem administration page, you will need to open network settings, manually enter the following Usually the default login values are admin and password For Netgear modems, you will need to type to access the modem administration page. Open your browser, depending on your modem (lookup the manual or blindly try all three), you will need to type or. Step 1:Ĭonnect your LAN cable, DSL cable to your modem and make sure you wire it properly. If all is well, as soon as you switch the modem, you will the ADSL link will glow. Make sure that you a phone cable runs through splitter DSL slot to your modem and check the wiring properly.

If you dont have one or you have already done reset of your modem, then you will need to callup the customer service and will be able to give you one. Its very easy to do it and you can setup your broadband connection in PPPoE mode, through with the modem will automatically connect to internet as soon as you switch on the modem.īefore you start…make sure you know the username, password of your airtel broadband connection. If you are buying a new modem to use it with airtel broadband, you will need to know how to configure a modem/router along with wireless settings.

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