Burrowowl

The 2wire Home Portal 1000 HW and 2wire Home Portal 1000 SW are ADSL modems with integrated NAT routing and WiFi, and perform as a PPPoE client for their local area networks. For connections that do not use the PPPoE protocol, some configuration is required.

1. Go to http://home/setup/ in the browser of your choice. If this doesn’t work, try http://192.168.1.254/setup/ or http://172.16.0.1/setup/.
2. You may be challenged for a login name and password to proceed.
3. You should be prompted for a key code:
   • For a DHCP setup, enter the following code: 5225-26Q4-2262-22AS-B28F
   • For a Static IP setup, enter the following code instead: 5225-26R4-2E62-22AS-B27H

Alternately, you can use the normal web interface with the following procedure:

1. First, you’ll need to access the 2wire’s web interface. Go to http://home/ in the web browser of your choice. If this doesn’t work, try http://192.168.1.254 or http://172.16.0.1
2. You may be challenged for a username and password
3. Select “Broadband Link”
4. Select “Advanced Settings”
5. Change connection type to “Direct IP (DHCP or Static)”
   • Make sure that both the Broadband IP and Broadband DNS are set to “Obtain Automatically” if you wish to use DHCP for network configuration.
   • For a static configuration, furnish the IP address, Gateway, Subnet Mask, and DNS settings as provided by your ISP.

If for some reason you are challenged for a login name and password you do not know, contact the folks that sold you your 2wire Homeportal. Rumor has it that repeatedly requesting a password hint may cause some models to prompt for the 2wire’s serial number instead. I have not confirmed this.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 23rd, 2006 at 7:08 pm and is filed under Computers.