DrayTek Australia - Frequently Asked Questions

Determine the MAC address of of the device currently connected to your cable modem. If it is a computer with 2 LAN cards which is sharing the internet connection, you will need the MAC address of the LAN card to which the cable modem is connected.
From your PC, please "Disconnect" your Telstra Cable Login software.
You should Exit from the Telstra Cable Login program; then uninstall it. Your DrayTek router will do the Telstra Cable Login function (also called BigPond Authentication, or BPA); and accidentally using the program on your computer could cause confusion.
Connect your DrayTek Vigor 2100 or 2900 router to your PC's LAN port. Please do not connect the Cable modem to the WAN port now.
Open your web browser and login to your router by entering it's IP Address (default is "http://192.168.1.1") into the browser's Address field as shown at the top of the screen image below.

A login dialog window will open asking for username and password. The factory default configuration has no password set, so just click the [OK] button; and the main menu will display as below:
Go to Internet Access Setup; then Static or Dynamic IP.

For the BPA setup, you should setup like the picture below. Enter your user name & password (Note: the username and password are the one you are using in your Telstra Cable Login). Note that the login server is different in each state:

	NSW:	61.9.192.13
	QLD:	61.9.208.13
	VIC:	61.9.128.13
	SA:	61.9.224.13
	WA:	61.9.240.13

Select Obtain an IP address automatically, and please do not put extra setting in here such as Router Name or Domain Name.
Select "Specify a MAC Address, and enter the value you obtained in step 1. The page should look like
When you click the [OK] button the router will need to reboot. Click [OK].
Now, you can connect the cable modem to the 2900’s WAN port, and you should be able to go on to the Internet.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to setup the BPA Login with DrayTek Router