Chapter 5
:
Installing and Connecting your Telephony Gateway
Release 8 STANDARD 1.5 August 2016
Touchstone TG862G Telephony Gateway User Guide
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1.
If security has been properly set up on your computer to access the wireless LAN on the
TG862G, use the connection utility for your operating system to connect to the wireless
LAN using its network name (SSID), as shown on the security label.
2.
If you cannot access the wireless LAN, you must first establish a wired Ethernet connection
between your computer and the TG862G.
3.
In your web browser, open the page http://192.168.0.1/ to access the wireless router
setup.
The Login screen displays.
Note: The default user name is “admin”. The default password is “password”, in lower
case letters.
4.
Enter the user name and password and click the Apply button to log in.
The System Basic Setup screen displays.
5.
Use the online help information to set configuration parameters as required.
Note: Most configuration parameters that you may want to set can be accessed on the
System Basic Setup screen, including the security mode and setting a system password.
Setting Parental Controls
The Parental Control feature allows you to block specified keywords and web sites from being
accessed and also to specify trusted computers in the network. Trusted computers are not
affected by the parental control settings.
Finding the MAC Address of a Computer
In order to set up trusted computers you must first determine the MAC address of those
computers.
Use the operating system of your computer to find its MAC address, as follows:
Windows: from the Start menu, find and select the
Control Panel
. Double-click
Network &
Sharing Center
. Then double-click either “Wireless Network Connection” for a wireless
connection, or “Local Area Connection” for an Ethernet connection. Next click the
Details
button. The “Physical Address” line shows the MAC address.
MacOS X: open System Preferences and click the Network icon. To find the Ethernet MAC
address, select
Built-in Ethernet
from the Show drop-down, then click the Ethernet tab. The
“Ethernet ID” field shows the MAC address. To find the wireless MAC address, select
Airport
from the Show drop-down, then click the Airport tab. The “Airport ID” field shows the MAC
address.
Linux: open a shell window and type
/sbin/ifconfig
(and press Enter). The wireless
interface is eth1 (unless there is no Ethernet adapter, in which case the interface is eth0).
