#How to use telnet to shutdown router how to#

Assign a VPI (Virtual Path Identifier) as used by your isp (0 for airtel, 0 for mtnl).Then choose the configure option ( option 1).After following the aforementioned steps choose the option that corresponds to wan, in my case it is option 3 so type 3 in the -> prompt.Now you can pick any option, for example you can pick wan option and configure the wan connection and do other stuff like spoofing the mac address, the latter thing cannot be done if you access the modem through the browser because it won't provide access to such option.Note: there is also a hidden unix based shell in your modem which can be used to configure and access more information about your modem Now the menu containing options for your modem will appear as shown in the following figure.By default the username password pair is (admin, admin) or (admin, password). Now fill in the username and press enter, then fill in the password and press enter.

for example : In case you are configuring the modem connected to your pc directly then by default the router/modem's ip is configured to have a private address of 192.168.1.1, so the command in this case will be telnet 192.168.1.1 Now type telnet 'the ip address of your gateway or modem or router'.Open the Command prompt: start->run or (windows key+r), then type cmd.

#How to use telnet to shutdown router how to#

The following are the simple steps that show how you can use telnet to configure your router/modem or to connect to a remote host and how to secure your modem:.