Accessing the configuration interface, Setting parental controls, Finding the mac address of a computer – ARRIS TG2472G-NA User Guide User Manual

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Chapter 5: Installing and Connecting your Telephony Gateway

Accessing the Configuration Interface

Follow these steps to access the configuration interface. You should have already set up the

TG2472 as described in

Installing and Connecting your Telephony Gateway

(page 21).

1. If security has been properly set up on your computer to access the wireless LAN on the

TG2472, 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 TG2472.

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

Connections

(Windows XP), or

Network & Sharing Center

(Windows Vista or Windows 7). Then

double-click either “Wireless Network Connection” for a wireless connection, or “Local

Area Connection” for an Ethernet connection. Next click the

Details

button (Windows Vista

or Windows 7), or click the Support tab and then the

Details

button (Windows XP). 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.

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