I'm planning to get a wishnet connection (since I will get a better speed than my current BSNL adsl at similar price).. After going through few posts from the experienced guys like mitraark (eg *www.digit.in/forum/networking/174584-wifi-cable-internet-3.html#post1920851), I'm planning to get "TP-LINK TL-WR841N 300Mbps Wireless N Router", I need the 300 mbps speed for my home wifi, currently using a DLink 2750u ADSL router with DSL.
Need help from any forum experts regarding two things:
1. Will I be able to setup auto login to the network from the router itself? Don't want to go through the hassle of logging in everytime from each device. This will depend on if I can setup PPOE for wishnet.
2. If the first setup is not possible, I have a NAS with debian linux.. which remains always on and is my primary headless download server. Can I setup a automated script on it so that the net gets connected on disconnection. And I hope by this method I can automatically connect from other devices without logging in since the macid reported will be that of NAS via the router
Please confirm if my router choice is ok and should I go ahead with wishnet and get seamless internet on all my devices, please understand that I do have some devices like Smart TV connected to my home wifi, where I cannot even open a browser and login.
I use this router, its cheap and works wonderfully with Wishnet.
Netgear JNR1010 N150 Wireless Router - Netgear : Flipkart.com
Now the answers to your questions:
1. You cannot log in to the network from within the router, the network does not support PPPOE.
You have to log in via an webpage that automatically opens if you try to open any website using HTTP(redirect to log in page does not work with HTTPS pages) for the first time, now you have to keep the browser window open as long as you want to use the network. Please bookmark this page for ease of use later.
2. This is possible. Since the mac id of the router gets reported to Wishnet server, you can log in via any connected device to the Wishnet page and browse from the rest of the devices. This is what I normally do. The log in page is very simple. You can write a script to automate the process easily.
Make sure to set the option in router configure page to use its own mac id before you connect it to the Wishnet network, they use mac binding and if you change the mac then you have to call customer care and get the binding released. Sticking to router mac helps overcome this issue.