How can I activate my internet connection directly on my router or firewall?
Known as bridge mode, this consists of using the GO modem as a bridge between the internet connection and your router or firewall, so that the internet connection is activated directly on your router or firewall.
So all you need to do to activate your internet connection directly on your router or firewall is to set your modem to bridge mode. To do so, follow these steps, but before doing so, confirm your modem’s model.
Technicolor DGA0122 / TG789vac v2
Open an internet browser, and in the URL bar, type in ‘192.168.1.254’ (unless you have changed the default IP address) and press the ‘Enter’ button on the keyboard.
Click on ‘Sign in’ at the top right of the page to log in.
In the user field, enter ‘advanceduser’ and in the password field, enter the code found on the label attached to the bottom of the modem, marked as Access Key.
Click on ‘Sign In’ to log in. Instead of ‘Sign In’ at the top right, you should now see ‘advanceduser’ to confirm that you have logged in with the correct account.
If the Internet connection is currently established on the modem, follow Step 6. If the Internet connection is not established on the modem, go to step 7.
Click on the toggle switch next to the ‘Internet Access’ card. Once you click on it, it switches to ‘OFF’, and the Internet connection will get disconnected from the modem.
Connect your third party equipment (for example, router or firewall) to the modem’s LAN (yellow) port, and establish the Internet connection on your third party equipment.
Open an internet browser, and in the URL bar, type in ‘192.168.1.254’ (unless you have changed the default IP address) and press the ‘Enter’ button on the keyboard.
Click on ‘User’ on the top left of the page. A new page will appear, and click on ‘Switch to another user’.
It will ask you for a username and password: use ‘advanceduser’ as the username and ‘advanced’ as the password.
If the Internet connection is currently established on the modem, follow Step 5. If the Internet connection is not established on the modem, go to step 6.
Under ‘Broadband Connection’, click on the ‘Disconnect’ button next to ‘Internet: Connected’ to disconnect the Internet connection from the modem.
Connect your third party equipment (for example, router or firewall) to the modem’s LAN (yellow) port, and establish the Internet connection on your third party equipment.