Computer techie help please

Matilda

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I have moved into the mountains. No Claro, no Orange, no nada. A very nice man can provide internet. He puts an aerial on the roof of the house, a router or modem (not sure which but has flashing lights) and hey presto amazingly fast internet throughout the whole house. All for 500 pesos a month.
He came yesterday to collect his month's money, and did some tweaking on my computer (no idea what) and upstairs where the modem is. He announces it will be even faster, which it is. However, only my computer will connect. Not the neighbours', nor my husband's, nor anyone's blackberries. I rang him up and he said 5 people were connected when he came round and they weren't paying so he blocked them. I explained I wanted Wifi so anyone in the house could use it, not just me, and he said he would come and fix it. No sign.
Any idea how I unblock it?

Matilda
 

SKY

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Is your computer that works connected with an Ethernet cord or WiFi?
 

cobraboy

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Each computer needs a password most likely.

Where did you move?
 

Omar_NYC

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Depends. Do you have management access to the CPE in your premises? Or can you logon to this gadget with flashing lights and poke around?

If the gadget's management interface is web-based, you can probably at least confirm that by opening a browser and type the IP address of the gadget in there.

To find out what this IP address may be, do this:

Start > Run
Type cmd, click OK
At prompt window, type ipconfig and hit Enter.

Note the IP address listed next to Default Gateway. Type this IP address in a web browser from the computer that still has Internet access and hit Enter.

It will probably ask for a username and password. Try the usual best guesses:

User: admin
Pass: admin

User: admin
Pass: password

User: admin
Pass: <blank>


And so on....

If you can get on, then poke around and see what "blocking" he did. Most likely, he added the MAC addresses of the "non-paying" nodes to a block list.
 

Koreano

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The only way we resolved similar issue in our company was to set up web proxy server. 2 Dozens or so computers connected and it works like a charm.
 

Matilda

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Wifi and there was a password but now other computers cannot even see the network.

Matilda
 

Matilda

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Depends. Do you have management access to the CPE in your premises? Or can you logon to this gadget with flashing lights and poke around?

If the gadget's management interface is web-based, you can probably at least confirm that by opening a browser and type the IP address of the gadget in there.

To find out what this IP address may be, do this:

Start > Run
Type cmd, click OK
At prompt window, type ipconfig and hit Enter.

Note the IP address listed next to Default Gateway. Type this IP address in a web browser from the computer that still has Internet access and hit Enter.

It will probably ask for a username and password. Try the usual best guesses:

User: admin
Pass: admin

User: admin
Pass: password

User: admin
Pass: <blank>


And so on....

If you can get on, then poke around and see what "blocking" he did. Most likely, he added the MAC addresses of the "non-paying" nodes to a block list.

That looks like fun, and I think he said something to me on the phone about me having to add MAC addresses of visitors,when I have them, to the system somehow but I had no idea what he was talking about. Do Dominicans uses admin admin too or is there a Dominican variation of that? Ami Ami??

Matilda
 

Omar_NYC

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That looks like fun, and I think he said something to me on the phone about me having to add to MAC addresses of visitors to the system somehow but I had no idea what he was talking about. Do Dominicans uses admin admin too or is there a Dominican variation of that?

Matilda

Dominican variation? I like that LOL :D I have no idea. People do things differently, Dominican or not. LOL

I stand correct then. I think he has MAC filtering going on. Whoever isn't on the list isn't allowed on the router.

If you can logon to the router and add your MAC address, you're golden.

To get the MAC addresses you will be adding, open the same prompt window except type ipconfig /all

Make note of the physical address of the correct adapter. You will know which one it is by the description of the network adapter. Then add it, save, and done.

Just so you know, he will catch on about you doing this and promptly remove them again. LOL
 

caribmike

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admin / admin should be the "factory setting" so it might work here to, if they did not change it...
 

caribmike

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I. e. the Thomson modem / router I have from claro has the serial # from the box as a password, so if you have the box it might be worth checking that too.
 

Matilda

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admin / admin should be the "factory setting" so it might work here to, if they did not change it...

They did lol! Message said I can reset flashing lights box and should go back to factory settings of admin admin.

Thanks for help - will keep trying but now at least I have a vague idea!

And CB if I told you where I was living I would have to kill you.

Matilda
 

Koreano

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Web proxy sucks. NAT-enabled router works best.

Everyone has different needs. I don't think a simple plug in router is capable of setting up file server*that is capable of serving at least 250GB of files and data that is mirrored and by using proxy server everyone is less hogging the bandwidth and I can block everyone from using internet and just open the site I want them to visit. No body in our company is on facebook all day and downloading porn all day and night. I am extremely happy when they come by my office and say they can't work because they can't be on facebook and YouTube all day and download porns and musics.
 

caribmike

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To increase productivity even further I urge you to block Hi5 too. ;)

Everyone has different needs. I don't think a simple plug in router is capable of setting up file server*that is capable of serving at least 250GB of files and data that is mirrored and by using proxy server everyone is less hogging the bandwidth and I can block everyone from using internet and just open the site I want them to visit. No body in our company is on facebook all day and downloading porn all day and night. I am extremely happy when they come by my office and say they can't work because they can't be on facebook and YouTube all day and download porns and musics.
 

Koreano

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To increase productivity even further I urge you to block Hi5 too. ;)
Except select few, we currently have 5 websites opened for everyone and that includes windows update sites. And every incoming and outgoing port is blocked except just handful. So I doubt anybody is hi5in, unless its that select few doesn't and sshouldn't have too much time.
 

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NAT based router , MAC hacks, OpenVPN works all as a charm on networks EXCEPT that if the operator is real technical, he will notice the high amount of data/traffic and will start filtering/limiting your connection
And if you come complaining that suddenly your connection is so slow , he will just grin and explain to you that it was only for one connection and than it is up to you how to deal with that answer
But i know only a few real technicians in this country who have the knowledge to bother you that far, and know how to limit resource hungry websites/applications (youtube, live streaming of radio and tv, p2p, etc) so that everybody on his network has a chance

BTW he probably hid the SSID on the router so that other users don't "see" the wireless name.

Pushing the reset button can have some nasty side effects, i don't know how his wifi setup is, but you probably will loose the connection to the main station, because you also reset the programmed settings that he uses.

and 500 pesos a month is way to cheap to setup/maintain a more or less professional setup.

but still every system is hackable, you just need to know how :) and there is not just one rule for that
 
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