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BSNL broadband needs to be connected with dial up connection when you want to surf internet . The wireless modem can’t be configured automatically with BSNL broadband. Some users may find it difficult to configure wireless router. Few days back I purchased Netgear wireless modem. In this tutorial I’ll share the procedure to configure Netgear Wireless Modem with BSNL modem. How to configure Netgear Wireless Modem Connect the netgear wireless router to power outlet and to your existing BSNL modem and turn on the power. Connect your laptop with wireless connection. The name of the connection will be NETGEAR (By default). Now open http://www.routerlogin.net in your internet browser. It will ask your to enter user name and password. You can get the user name and password from the back of the router. By default : User name: admin Password: password Now go to Basic Settings from the left sidebar. Now basic settings page will open in the middle. Under Does your Internet Connecti...

BSNL Broadband services are offered to users who have subscribed for their landline phone and you will need to rent/buy a adsl modem in order to get started using this high speed internet connection. Here is a small tutorial on getting started installing this modem. Connect the modem with the landline phone and the other end to your computer’s CPU/laptop. This would give you a dialog box with a message saying new hardware found, you need to install all the drivers from the installation CD provided in the modem box. Next open your browser and enter http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar and press enter where in you will give asked for the logins to the modem in a dialog box, enter ‘admin’ ‘admin’ as the login credentials and you will be logged into the modem. Make sure you enter both the logins in small letters because the logins are case sensitive. Go to the Advanced setup menu and click on the WAN button. Click on the add button to create a configuration. Enter the VPI & ...

Most of you might have enabled wireless encryption, which is only one of the 6 steps mentioned in this article to make your wireless network safe and secure from hackers.  The screen shots mentioned below are from Linksys wireless router. But, you’ll find similar options for all the 6 steps mentioned below in wireless routers from any other vendors. Apart from these 6 steps to secure your wireless router, also make sure your wireless router firmware is up-to-date. Refer to our 4 easy steps to upgrade linksys wireless router firmware article for detailed instructions on how to upgrade your router firmware. 1. Enable Encryption Let us start with the basics. Most of the wireless router has the encryption disabled by default. Make sure to enable either WPA or WPA2 wireless encryption.  Click on Wireless -> Wireless Security , to enable the encryption and assign a password as shown in Fig-1. Following are the different wireless encryption options availab...