Connecting a router to the uWaterloo network

setup.md

Router Setup at uWaterloo

This guide assumes you are using a router with DD-WRT. Other routers may work if they support MAC Address cloning/spoofing.

Obtain a MAC Address of a school computer

1. Log onto a school computer
2. Type ipconfig /all into the command line

• Example output:

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
...
Physical Address . . . . . : 00-1C-C0-69-AA-AF
...

3. Take note of the "Physical Address", this is the MAC address.

Open the router's admin configuration

1. Connect to the router's network either through WiFi or ethernet
2. Visit 192.168.1.1 in your browser
3. Login, usually the username and password are admin, password.

Set the MAC Address of the router

1. Go to Setup > MAC Address Clone in the router config
2. Ensure MAC Clone is set to enabled.
3. Put the MAC Address you've noted down into the "Clone WAN MAC" field.
4. Press "Apply Settings" and wait for the router to reboot.

Connect the router to the ethernet port the school computer is using

This may be optional, but if things don't work you will want to do this.