Thread: Making the BSNL DataOne Wireless home networking guide.

Hello all..

BSNL`s Huawei MT880 works perfectly with Netgear WGR614. Plz go thru the following procedures.

1) Assuming u have not oppened ur netgear wifi router and ur net connection was working perfectly, proceed to the admin area of bsnl`s modem ( Huawei MT880 ).

2) Click on : Home--->DHCP--->Enabled ( Just change the starting IP address to something like 192.168.1.10 )

3) Press apply and restart ur modem!

4) Go to internet connections select ur LAN connection and go for properties.

Select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP)--->properties--->make sure u turn everything to automatic.. don`t bother going to advanced menu.

U may ahve to restart ur pc .. but it still got to work.. ur LAN will now try to get the IP address required to properly communicate with modem automatically... ur internet won`t work rite now cause u have not properly defined DNS address in the modem.. plz follow the following procedures.

5) Come back again to the admin area of the modem.

3) Click on : Home--->WAN Setting--->Connection Type--->PPPoE Enabled (don`t change the rest of the configuration)

4) Click on : Home--->DNS--->DNS Status--->Enabled

Enter the following DNS address:

Primary DNS Address 208.67.222.222
Secondary DNS Address 208.67.220.220

The above DNS addresses have nothing to do with ur connection settings.. just makes browsing a lot faster.


Thats it with ur Modem settings ...

Please check you can browse the net.. before configuring ur Netgear router.

Please connect the ADSL LAN cable ( that comes from modem ) to the Internet Port only

Switch off everything... except ur pc turn on the modem first and wait until the ADSL link is up.. then switch on the router. Wait for a min.. ur wifi card shd detect a hotspot just connect it... once ur connected u can login to the routers admin area... I recommend u don`t use LAN cable at all to connect ur wifi laptop/pc to the router.

Netgear Router settings...

1) Login to routers admin area. There will be a wizard procedure. please do everything manually. Don`t go with the wizard option....

2) go to Basic settings--->Select NO for login question.

Basic settings--->Internet IP Address---> Get Dynamically From ISP

Basic settings--->Domain Name Server (DNS) Address--->Use These DNS Servers

Enter the following DNS address:

Primary DNS Address 208.67.222.222
Secondary DNS Address 208.67.220.220

Basic settings--->Router MAC Address---> Use Default Address


Thtz it for the basic settings ... check if you can browse the net... and go back to the admin area of the router and properly configure security settings... Plz make sure u select "G mode only" for best trasmission rates and gr88 coverage....

I had lot of problems initially... i used dlink`s wifi router with my bsnl modem and it worked gr88 without much configuration...

But with netgear the problem is with the default IP address it comez with... itz the same as the modem IP address.. instead of just changing bsnl or netgear IP`s we can get better result if we could turn on DHCP... cause itz DHCP`s work to properly configure LAN !

And last.... This perhaps is the best way to wirelessly access the internet with BSNL`s ADSL lines. And Netgear is the best recommended wifi router as for as price to performance ration is concerned... well it beatz every router in itz class..

Did I get it working on the first attempt? Technically 'No' but I did get it working within 4 hours.

Other than those hardcore network engineers who do this day in and day out everyday, I do not think that anyone can make this work at the first attempt, no matter how straightforward the user guide is.

Once you get it to work then you wonder what the fuss was all about.

Dear frnd it all ends with ur understanding... it may work as just gra8 as u would more abt it.. This stuff may not work for even the coolest network engineer as long he knows what he is doing.... i`he just written this guide based on my understanding .... and it did help quite a lot of people...

Your guide is concise and good.