Block WiFi users on PLDT home DSL router
How to block WiFI user on home DSL? Is your neighbor using your PLDT WiFi for free without your consent? Well, that is probably your reason why you are here, reading this post. So, let us block WiFi users via home DSL router.
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Almost all people love freebies but your WiFi is not free, of course. You paid for it for a monthly subscription of 1,300.00 up to 3,000.00 or more depending on your PLDT DSL internet plan or PLDT Fibr unlimited plan. Then your shameless neighbor will just use it for free? Unfair, right?
How to block WiFi users in DSL router?
There are a lot of ways to secure your PLDT WiFi internet connection but in this post, I will be focusing on blocking WiFi users via home DSL router’s access control list. So, let’s get started.
Let us first access your PLDT DSL router by typing 192.168.1.1 in your web browser and type the username and password you set or get it here PLDT default passwords and usernames. Now, I presumed that you are now inside your PLDT DSL router.
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1. Deny Listed
If you are using the “admin” username, you may navigate to “WLAN” and “Access control list“. On the other hand, if you are using the “adminpldt” you need to go to “setup” and “Access control list“.
Now, you may set your “Wireless Access Control Mode” to “deny listed“. What is this all about? It will enable the MAC address box and you can now paste the MAC address that you want to block from using your WiFi. Once you’ve done that, any mac address/es that is on the list will never access your PLDT WiFi. You just block WiFi users from using your PLDT DSL WiFi.
2. Allow listed
In your DSL router, WLAN -> Access Control List, select the “Allow listed“. Here, every MAC addresses you input will not be blocked, instead it will be allowed to connect your DSL PLDT WiFi connection. Why would you do that? After all, this post is all about blocking WiFi user, right? I know.
This is how it works. Every mac addresses you input in “Allow listed” will be able to access your PLDT DSL WiFi but any MAC addresses that is not in the list will be blocked from using your WiFi. Only input in this lists the MAC addresses of the device/s that you want to access your WiFi.
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Which is better?
In my opinion, I would prefer the “Allow listed” because you don’t have to input every MAC address that hacked or connect your WiFi without your permission. All you have to do is, to list all the MAC addresses of all your devices in the “Allow Listed” that you want to have WiFi access. Anything that is not in the list will be blocked from connecting your WiFi automatically.
Aside from that, blocking or denying MAC addresses has its loop holes. There are many apps right now that can change MAC addresses. So, if you choose the “Deny Listed”, you will find it hard to monitor who’s accessing your WiFi. But in “Allow listed”, you can sleep well or enjoy your game with the best ping ever.
In your own point of view which is better the deny listed or the allow listed? You may speak it out on the comment box below.
June 15, 2019 at 5:36 am
hi.. i tried accessing the ip address you provided, i can only see status, network , security and management..i have a pldt fibr.. i would to block hackers from getting in to my wifi.. hope you can help me. thank you!
Hello, as much as I would like to help you but the only way to do that is to access the admipldt account. It’s sad that PLDT didn’t think this way. They don’t bother to help us, the subscribers, on how to protect our internet connection. And now they blocked us from accessing the router in full. I guess you need to buy a 3rd party router to keep your network safe. If all of the passwords I gave in this site fails.
sir, thank you that I found this blog because as of now neighbors are hacking my wifi. At first, I don’t know that PLDT DSL default can be hacked until my wifi is crawling and worst they change my password and I cannot access my own wifi. So I go to PLDT office to raise my problem and the technician came. I change the password but still they can hack my wifi. Then I ask PLDT to change the SSID and change password but few months later they hack my wifi again. I even hide my SSID but to no avail. Please help me what to do. I think they have a gadget because when I turn on wifi I see 2 wifis also that will appear and when I will turn off my wifi they will also disappear. I don’t think this is a coincidence since I tried this few weeks now and observe everyday that I did it.
I hope you can help me.
Please do the “allow listed” Mac Filtering, that’s what I am using. I even let them know my WiFi password to keep them drooling hahahahha!
Thank you sir for the advice. I am still waiting for the PLDT to give me full access of my router. I already give them the waiver as well as my ID. I am not internet savvy but I will carefully follow your post about “allow list” MAC filtering.
Hi Sir,
I’m done with this “allow listed” setup on my pldt router, my question now … is there a way i can schedule an “allow list” ? for example kids with their gadgets can only be allowed to access the router on weekends. 🙂
thanks 🙂
Yes, but you have to do that on Parent control settings.
Low po na try ko na sya i denylist pero after a seconds nakakaconnect ulit un mac address sa active clients. pldt fiber po tong sa akin dalawa po wireless 5ghz at 2.4ghz. Sa 2.4ghz po sila nakaka connect tinry ko na po syang i deny list pero babalik parin sa active clients please help po. huhuh.
Hello jimboy,
If you did read my post religiously, you will learn that I prefer the “allow listed” Mac filtering. Because these days, there are many apps that can change Mac addresses, therefore, it is just a matter of minutes those hackers can hack your WiFi again.
Hi sir! I can not locate ACCESS CONTROL LIST in the setup or WLAN section. How is this po?
Hello po, are you using Fibr or DSL? IF DSL simply go to “WLAN” and “access control lists”.
I cannot access the DSL router, admin and default password 1234 is not working. What should I do?
What is the brand of your DSl router? You may check this: 15 Default PLDT router admin passwords 2019 [updated]
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