Using Dsl Modem As a Switch

Nick-H · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:12 pm Post subject: Re: Using Dsl Modem As a Switch

The MAC Address of most modems, etc, is usually given on a label on the case!

raviagrawal wrote:

Your modem cannot be locked by an ISP. It is something complete in itself.

They can lock you out of the setup (most easily and basically, by changing the password, of course!). The friend with whom I stay in London has a broadband connection with a Huawei modem just like my old BSNL modem --- but I am unable to access any of the admin functions on it.

roadster · Good Enough Joined: June 08 2007 Posts: 1003

Nick-H wrote:

They can lock you out of the setup (most easily and basically, by changing the password, of course!). The friend with whom I stay in London has a broadband connection with a Huawei modem just like my old BSNL modem --- but I am unable to access any of the admin functions on it.

Did you try doing a reset?

Nick-H · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: Using Dsl Modem As a Switch

Errr.... On somebody else's machine, without a copy of the settings, which I wouldn't be able to know without accessing them... No! Smile

It is also one of those free-with-the-phone connections. Whilst they might seem an amazing deal to us here in India, paying through our noses for our not-very-broadband, they do not come with particularly helpful and knowledgeable support staff.