Simyo Fiber and Wi -Fi 4G Routers: Characteristics and Configuration

As we said before, the installation is "almost" free and the device is supplied as a free rental, a assignment.That is, it will never be our property, but we can make use of it without paying anything.

Return

As Simyo's router is ceded by the company, he leaves it while we are its customers, if at any time we decided to unsubscribe from the service we will have to return.For the return, the operator will contact a messaging company that will pick it up at home or offer us other alternatives for the return.

The "bond" that we will have to pay is € 60 if one of these circumstances is given:

Fiber routers

For the Internet with Fiber in the home, the telephone operator installs two similar models that includes them within the Livebox Fiber commercial denomination.Both options, manufactured by Arcadyan and Sagemcom, have the same specifications, even in design are practically identical.The only appreciable difference is the arrangement of the ports in the rear.

In the Arcadyan model we will have, in this order:

The SageMCOM model integrates in this order:

Both models are designed to offer the same type of service and the technical specifications they present are the same in both cases:

The minimum requirements they need is a 1 GHz or higher processor, network card or Wi-Fi connection and Windows, Mac OS or Linux operating system.

Both devices have visual LED indicators to know the status of the service or if there is any problem with the connection:

Configure routers

As usual in cases of devices supplied by the operator, it designs a “portal” of its own configuration to be able to modify several aspects of the network connection without having to enter the menus designed directly by the manufacturers of the devices, whichThey are not especially intuitive.

To access

To access the Livebox Simyo Fiber configuration panel we will have to connect to our network and go to the address http: // 192.168.1.1 From our web browser.Important, to access the configuration panel we will have to write “admin” as a user and the password is the same as it is predetermined for the Wi -Fi network in the sticker on the back of the device.

Change password and network

It is important, for security, change at least access passwords to the WiFi network and the configuration of the router itself so that no one who has had access to the device could access our network.To change the access password to Livebox Fiber we will follow these steps:

To change the SSID name of the WiFi network (the name shown when we look for wireless networks from a device) and the access password we must do the following:

Sometimes we care if there is the circumstance that we forget the wifi key, as if we disable the public name of the network, for that we have the Reset button on the back of the device, it will be enough to press it to restore the values of fabric.

Create guest network

Guest networks are additional networks that we can temporarily activate with SSID and password names in advance, if we want, the time of disconnection.In this way we avoid having to share our usual access code with third parties.If these are very close people, they probably do not pose a danger, but we avoid being committed to giving access to a stranger.This will create the guest network with Livebox Fiber:

Other configurations

The Fiber Livebox Control Panel allows other types of very useful configurations for some specific cases.

Wi-Fi inteligente

This option allows you to choose automatically the best channel between the 2.4 GHz network and the 5 GHz to obtain the best performance depending on the saturation of the channels of each type of network and the interference.To activate it we will have to do this:

If you fail to see the field corresponding to the smart Wi -Fi, it is likely that you have not yet received the last update so you should wait to activate it.

Programación de apagado y encendido

When the routines in our homes are repeated we may be interested in programming the activation of the Wi-Fi network so that it is not working 24 hours a day.To program the activation and deactivation of the Wi-Fi with Livebox Fibra we have to follow these steps:

Ver dispositivos conectados y restringir el acceso

Within the control panel menu we will go to the my local network within the upper menu and we will have access to the list of connected devices and the list of disconnected devices (that is, they have recently been connected) by clicking on the buttons with those names.

If we want to restrict access to any of the devices that appear in the aforementioned lists we will have to select it with the left mouse button and open the drop -down menu, it will be enough to click on Internet access control mode to decide if we want to block itpermanently or if we want to allow access only in a few hours certain.

Other routers: 4g wifi

For users who want to have Internet access without installing a device at home because they wantSimyo's mobile network (Orange).The bonds that are currently offered to navigate are these:

The speeds that the Orange 4G network throws around 20 Mbps and 50 Mbps down.

Characteristic

The 4G Router that is offered is the Alcatel Link Zone MW40V for a price of € 39 available in the online store.The technical specifications of this model are:

How to configure

To access the configuration menu you have to connect to your Wi -Fi network and enter http: // 192.168.1.1 From your web browser.The configuration panel will open directly, when you click on any of the elements you will be asked for the password: admin.

Once inside the panel you can configure the same way with the desktop devices the aspects related to the WiFi network (modify the SSID name and the access password) and establish the maximum limit of devices connected simultaneously (if notYou want to share the bandwidth with anyone indicates 1 device).