Router Settings

littlefoot8

Hi, I'm in the middle of changing broadband providors, however my new boardband supplier does not support my modem and has advised i need to change the settings on the modem so that it will work. However as they do not support my modem they will not help me with how to change the setting. Please can any one help! my modem is a D-Link.
(i'm not great with computer!)
Thanks

penrhyn

You will need a username and password from your new ISP to use with your existing router.
Better still use the router supplied by the new ISP.

PS You don't give us much to go on?

Sooler

give us a clue ... who is the new boardband supplier?:o

stilltheone

Pop 192.168.0.1 into the address bar of your browser. Use admin:admin as the username and password. Start up the wizard and call your ISP for the settings.

macman

The model of D-Link would help?
Apart from username and password, the only other settings are usually something like this (these are for TT, but all ISP's in the UK should be similar).

• Username: Your telephone number@talktalk.net, for example 02079460009@talktalk.net*
• Password: Your TalkTalk broadband password*
• VPI: 0
• VCI: 38
• MTU: 1432
• DNS settings: Set to obtain automatically (or equivalent)
• Encapsulation: PPP over ATM (PPPoA) using VC-MUX
• Modulation Type: Auto

Your ISP can give you their standard settings, these should work with any ADSL modem/router.

littlefoot8

Thanks all. I've now been given ISP info, but where do I type this stuff in?

New provider have also given me a CD, do I just run that now or do I have to wait until the date they have given me to swap over. I don;t want to loose conection.

New providor BT.

macman

You wait until the date of your switchover, the downtime at the exchange is usually no more than a couple of hours.
stilltheone has already advised you how to access your router interface.
If it's BT they will normally supply a Homehub with a new contract.

littlefoot8

Bt are not supplying home hub free of charge and I didn;t want to pay for a new once since I had to buy a new one two months ago - all BT then said was i needed to changed my hub settings - not got a clue!

Thanks for help.

penrhyn

Why no FOC Homehub, did you upset BT in some way?

macman

This makes no sense at all-so why don't you use your existing HH?
You said that you are currently changing ISP's from ?? to BT, so why did you have to buy a HH 2 months ago?
The HH is locked to BT and cannot be used on another ISP without firmware flashing.

penrhyn

No sense at all this is making.