I have an Optilink Modem which used to be the modem for my G-Internet connection (Bangalore, India). I currently am using Hathway Internet Connection which covers all areas except our bedrooms. While the placement of the router is a totally different issue, I am looking for a list of instructions specific to the Optilink Modem (model no. as written in question title) which I find for TP-Link instead. The layout and the wordings of the settings are different for different routers. Since I'm not conversant with TCP-IP etc, adapting an instruction manual for one router to another is not easy for me.
Two things I did learn:
- If the intended router supports Bridge mode it is helpful
- The IP Addresses of both the current modem and the router are required.
Points 1 and 2 were easy to do. The former is very easy while the latter was achieved on my ubuntu machine through the
ifconfig
command on my Ubuntu machine.
There are several Tabs in the settings. My guess is that the "Network" Tab is the relevant tab to refer so I have attached all the screenshots of the home pages of the submenus of the "Network" menu.
Network >> Internet
Network >> Binding (editing in this page is disabled)
Network >> LAN IP Address (I'm guessing this is the relevant tab, going by whatever I've read. The homepage is the IPv4 settings which I figure is the one we need to modify. Apart from IPv4 there are 3 other menus and all 4 are on the left panel)
Network >> WLAN (This also could be the place to modify settings, whether it's basic, advanced or one of the other two in the left panel)
Network >> Remote (This might not be relevant but just in case)
Network >> LOID Configuration (No idea what on earth that might be!)
Network >> Rouer (This is of strong relevance and I expect some modifications to happen here.)
Here are the IPv6 settings
I can edit the question and remove the irrelevant ones. Any help is appreciated.
I tried changing the WLAN Security settings to WPA2 just like in my internet connection and I set pre shared key, which is a passphrase (not HEX) but once i do that I'm unable to connect to my old modem again.