How to Connect iPad to P1 Wimax Modem?

A reader asked me on my Facebook fanpage on how to connect iPad to P1 Wimax modem.

Basically it is not that difficult to configure your iPad to connect to P1 Wimax modem. Here’s how…

  1. Referring to my article, How to secure your P1 Wimax WiFi Modem?, under “Change WiFi WEP key” section, take note of your SSID and WEP key (or WPA key).
  2. On your iPad, go to Settings > Wi-Fi, and switch ON the wifi module.
  3. Under Choose a Network…, choose your P1 Wimax SSID (from Step #1).
  4. Enter the WEP key (or WPA key) in the password field.
  5. Lastly, tap Join to connect to your P1 Wimax modem.

If you still got problem to get the network, make sure you have allow your iPad MAC address in the Access Control List.

To get the MAC address, on your iPad, go to Settings > General > About. You will find your iPad MAC address under Wi-Fi Address.

Then enter the MAC address in your P1 Wimax modem Access Control List. Just follow the same article here, under “Only allow specific MAC addresses to connect“. Good luck! ;)

How to secure your P1 Wimax WiFi Modem?

Happy Malaysia Day to all Malaysians… -CypherHackz-

I have been using P1 Wimax since August 2009. Personally, it is the best Internet broadband that we have in Malaysia. For Home Plus package, the average connection speed is around 120kbps-170kbps. But there were a few times where the speed dropped to 20-50kbps, and even sometimes it disconnected abruptly. If you got problem with P1 Wimax connection, feel free to read my article on Apabila P1 Wimax Bermasalah at BlogAku.Net.

The purpose I write this post is to help you to secure your P1 Wimax WiFi modem. It is actually very easy for unauthorized users to gain access into your P1 Wimax network if you did not change the modem default password, WEP key, and Access Control List. In this How-To guide, I will show you the step by step on how to secure your P1 Wimax WiFi modem. Let’s begin…

Change the default password

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Change P1 Wimax modem default password

By default, the username and password for P1 Wimax modem is,

Username: admin
Password: admin123

Please change the default password before someone else gain access to your modem and change it for you. To do that,

  1. Go to http://10.1.1.254 by using your favourite web browser.
  2. Enter the default username, admin, and password, admin123.
  3. Click on Personalization at the top left of the page.
  4. Enter your Old Password, admin123, and New Password.
  5. Click Apply.

If you’ve changed the P1 Wimax modem password previously and forgot the password, you can reset it back by following my guide here, How to Reset P1 Wimax Modem Password?

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