Set up D-Link DSL-2750U as secondary modem but now unable to set a password - please help!!

[chriskaustralia]

Hi, I've just set up a D-Link DSL-2750U to run off a Technicolor TC-7210.dNZ as a secondary modem. It's up and running but I can't find any way to set a password.

The D-Link says to go to 192.168.1.1 but this doesn't work, the default is 192.168.0.1 but that's the Technicolor home page, which I'm assuming would be changing the settings of the original modem.

Any help would be very much appreciated, I'm fairly useless at this kind of thing! More of a tenpin bowler..

 

[Ralston18]

Your D-Link is a combination modem/router.

Since you are setting it up as a secondary router, the modem functions are moot and the D-Links DHCP functions should also be turned off.

Do you have the User Guides/Manuals?

E.g.:

http://router-access.com/technicolor-tc7210-dnz-manual

http://support.dlink.com.au/Default.asp

What I understand is that you are trying to set up the following:

ISP ----DSL -----> Technicolor router[LAN port] -----Ethernet cable ------>[LAN port] D-Link DSL-2750U [LAN ports]----> wired network devices and ~~~> wireless network devices.

I.e., the D-Link is now to be an Access Point

Reference:

https://www.speedguide.net/faq/wireless-repeater-extender-vs-access-point-385

First step is to establish the desired/required setup and the terminology.