Sunday, January 16, 2011

MTNL TRIBAND problem

HELLO friends,diz is my first blog post.well wanted to share about issue regarding the change of SSID,WEP security key.
I read lotta websites articles,blogs, but der was no particular article to deal wid the MTNL triband issue.I m using MTNL triband, from last week, prior to it, i was using HATHWAY.The reason to shift from Hathway to Mtnl was mainly bcuz of following reasons:

1) It costs less(gotta a combo pack (landline +inet) @495;whereas hathway was giving at 565Rs (but widout landline) ...both same speed@ 256kbps.(at the time of disconnection,hathwaywala was willing to giving , double d speed @same cost,but it was too late as i had already paid d requisite  fee of Mtnl.
2)Less/no discconection. (heard a lotta from my friends,dat dont go 4 mtnl,its a govt organisation,lethargic in der working..blah blah blah, but actually d service of mtnl was gud..till date no disconnection occured,which is gud.)
3)speed of mtnl  is comparatively faster dan hathway @ 256 kbps (dunno y ;) )

Well abt the issue of  change of SSID(SERVICE SET IDENTIFIER). it was painful for me to change its name even the security type(im using wireless connection) it is very important to secure one's wireless connection(DONT USE IT,WIDOUT SECURING UR CONNECTION,mtnl has given guidelines to protect ur wireless system on its site ),must have heard abt Varanasi blast,wherein d email was sent from an unsecured wireless connection ),but was not able to change while accessing router address i.e 192.x.x.x.i called up d mtnl guys..dey came widin one hr,but dey didnt know abt d technicality of d issue n told me to resort to call d no 1504.called diz no too,but it kept on ringing ,no 1 answered d phone (typical govt org scenario,but was able to contact dem in d afternoon).since der was no solution for my router prob i.e dna-2013,i went 4 d following steps to change my ssid n security type.

1) Visit the router website(mtnl specified),der is a option called MAINTENANCE,Click it.
2)Under dat,der will a option of Sysrestart.
3)Click  change to FACTORY SETTINGS(mtnl router)
4) Den go to INTERFACE SETUP, Typein ur desired name in the SSID bar,click broadcast option to NO(By clicking diz option , u wont broadcast ur router,as d router acts as a beacon, n attracts unwanted attention,esp of hackers),change the security type from WEP To WPA-PSK (which is a better security type),
5) Typein ur desired password as told (hexadecimal having characters n symbols in it  (e.g 09,!@##$$abdc)  like dat.
6) SAVE the option.
7)One more layer of security is to typein ur MAC (Media Access Control) address of ur NIC( network interface controller)(laptop).To know ur nic code follow diz steps:-

a) Click RUN on  ur laptop (btw diz security is for d laptop n the router access)
b) Type cmd
c)A black window will open,der in typein ipconfig/all
d) Use PHYSICAL ADDRESS of ur NIC card.
e) Type in d same address on the MAC address available on router website (under interface     setup-wireless-below ssid setting) and click save option

8) FOR CONNECTING THE LAPTOP TO ROUTER(mtnl) :-Use the  SAME security type in ur laptop too,i.e WPA-PSK,use the same password,add the network,save it and den CLICK connect to router.
9)And it is dun....for ne other query call 1504 (mtnl helpline)

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