Thread: Setting up a Cable/DSL Router with wireless

Today's high-speed Internet access is required; protect you from the outside world. The best way to do this a computer and a broadband router and the internet (s) is to install a firewall between. Years and not a router price, there is no reason why it dropped nothing. Or router to block network traffic and uses a computer to receive certain types of filters. We can tell you that what you want to come and stay out of what has been set. Some routers / firewalls, and suspicious activity to the virus and does not prevent a computer virus, 100% of outbound traffic monitoring can be effective. Broadband router is a form of hardware firewall. The firewall software that is very effective.

The more common brands of inexpensive home for some of the Linksys router, Netgear and D - are made of links. They are usually $ 50 to $ 100 range from an average home router. This is, Linksys wireless router is an example. A non-wireless router antenna is not. Installation is fairly broadband router, especially if you do not need is a simple wireless capability. Covers both types of installation here.

Cable Installation
If you plan to be running the cable and install the wireless router. To check, whether static or dynamic of the first IP address we have. Most of the time dynamic can be assumed to know if this is a dynamic fine. When you enter the settings for your router if it is static, you have to know what they have IP addresses. You will need to know to connect to the Internet using the name and password. Some companies such as SBC, make the sign on the Internet. We need to enter on-line access to these settings each time it is not, can be stored in the router. You can determine your physical setup now. Basic configuration, a cable modem or DSL phone line to the modem is coming from the wall. Network connections from there, on the back of the router, WAN or Internet port on the modem and Ethernet network port is running as Category 5 cable must use the network. Is your computer (s) to connect to the network router / Ethernet port can be used to 4 or 5 from the back of the router ports? Setup is like this.

If you can see that you are sharing the same high-speed Internet connection to multiple computers simultaneously. If you are online and get the name and, like the right to obtain and display online, as static can connect the IP please do not use a password that has an address. In the first of your modem and the power to the router, you need to your computer. Modem, router and get the information to get the information from your computer to the router. If the router from your computer to get a static IP address do not use the IP address of the router must have DHCP enabled. To do this, Web browser and type the router's IP to access the router settings to ensure the openness needed to address. IP address is 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, and most of the time. The manual instructs you to use a one.

The name and password to access the router, you need to. Most of the time that is left blank and password is admin. Again, please refer to the manual. You also need to change to secure the network from the default name and password. For example you will see when they log into the router the type of screen. There used to be pretty obvious.

Your computer will assign the IP address of the router, you can check to see if the screen (Auto), IP address to obtain. If your DSL /cable may be named, check box to put a name and password using the password of the user.

Installation of wireless
With a little patience is required to configure the wireless network technology. You are still the exception in the case, cable wiring, the device must be connected to not shown as they're getting the router to your computer. You have a computer port or a wireless card, it must check to confirm that you can use a wireless Internet connection. If you are using, the router comes with Windows or try to find it for you, use the Windows software to find a wireless connection depends on the version. Since then, many Windows users using Windows XP, we use our example. When you connect all the time, Windows may have to find a wireless connection. Please refer to the connection of the router can be found even if your neighbors to remember. So that a check in the setup for you to know you, you can specify the name of the router. You should see the following pop-up message.

Click here to view the available wireless networks. Cases, right-click pop-up message will not be selected with a view of the wireless network icon in your computer. Once in, Windows will display the screen that shows the wireless networks have been discovered. In this example, but found the two networks.

Then click your network connection and click. If the key is, WEP is set to enter the key. WEP stands for wired equivalent privacy, provides security by encrypting data at the radio. Under the wireless security of WEP in the router's settings, WEP key can be set. Except in the cases, in this case, if you know the keys, is blocking access to the other input to the wireless network router. Eliminates the need to re there once - and enter again, put the key.

You can start using the Internet is connected to your current wireless network. You have to watch to see the state of the network and the strength of the connection; you can double-click the connection icon.

You can disable this connection, IP connection and check the property address. I manage to connect a problem if you check the key point is to use Windows wireless settings. You can choose the properties right click the wireless connection and your network connection or location. [Wireless Networks] tab, use the settings from here and make sure my wireless; Windows will check the box to configure. Also, to view the available networks here, to set the priority of the connection is available, Windows can connect to.