How to Setup a Wireless Network Router in 5 Easy Steps

 Step 1: Setting-up Router How easy is it to setup a router connection if you are a home user? The answer to this is - moderately difficult depending on the model and whether it is a wired or a wireless router. If you have a convenient location, then you could install your router in less than an hour. You may want to change the location of your router if it is a wireless one, so you don't have to worry about looking for a permanent location when you begin configuring it. It is more important to find an easy power access point to plug in the adapter for the router device. Step 2: How to Begin Router Installation Once your NETGEAR, Linksys, or D-Link router is powered on, you can connect it with your internet modem. Connect the Ethernet cable into the WAN plug on the router. Once you have connected the device, you will need to restart it and wait for it to recognize the connection before you can start configuring DNS and IP on your computer. Remember to connect your router to the computer via network cable when installing it. This ensures that your settings are not lost if the WI-FI connection is interrupted. Once your default settings are saved, you can go back to using it wireless. Step 3: How to Enter Internet Connection Info in the Admin Panel To access the administration tool, open your web browser and type in the router address. This is provided in the handbook that you will receive on the purchase of your router. You will not need a working internet connection at this time. Enter the default username and password provided in the same document, and begin installation. If you are currently using a DSL internet service over a broadband modem, then you will need to register the PPPoE or the network protocol. This information should be available with your Internet service provider. If you have a static IP address that has been provided on demand, then it will ask you to enter network mask and gateway which you can locate from the Network Connection icon in My Network Places or from the internet icon in the taskbar. Step 4: Connecting Additional Computers to Router Once your internet connection information has been entered, you can add other computers to the wireless network by changing the SSID or network name and selecting it each time. Remember that the connection information will be same as in the first installation. Now that your router is configured, you will only need to select the relevant connection from Available Networks or search for wireless connection from the Network and Sharing Center. Use the username and password provided in the router information to access the network. Each computer that you add becomes a networked computer which allows file sharing and multiple accesses to the same disk drives. Step 5: Secure Router and Connection Once the router installation is complete, it is time to secure your internet connection and router. You can begin by changing the default usernames and passwords from the admin panel. Also change the SSID or network name for your Router and disable SSID broadcast. Install personal firewall software on each of the computers connected to the wireless network. You can even turn on the router's in-built firewall for network security. 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

CCNA - CCNP Certification - Hands-On Lab Configuring Two Cisco Routers

 Objective: In this lab you will configure a simple network to allow two routers to route packets between to remote networks. The text that is in bold is the text you need to type during the lab. Requirements: Two Cisco routers with one Ethernet port and one serial port. Cisco IOS 10.0 or higher One PC for consoling into routers with terminal emulation software One serial cable One Cisco rollover cable Setup: Step 1: Physical Connections Connect the following interfaces: Console: Connect your PC/terminal to the console port using a rollover cable and HyperTerminal (9600-8-N-1-no flow) Ethernet: Connect Ethernet ports to a hub or a switch using a straight-through cable. Use a cross-over cable if going directly from the PC's NIC to the Ethernet (AUI) port on the router using a transceiver. Serial: If going directly between two routers, don't forget to connect one port via the DTE cable and the other via the DCE cable. Step 2: Boot up the routers Just say "no" to use the...
Read more

How to Reset Your Router's Password

 Locked out of your router due to forgotten or misplaced password? It's no big deal as every person some or the other time in his life faces this problem. So, it is confirmed that you are not an alien. Well, there is one more thing that you can do and that is you can simply put the blame on your busy work schedule and the number of passwords (since there will be so many of them) that you have to remember. Doing so will at least relieve your neuroticism and reduce the amount of lamenting for losing the password. If this does not work for you, do not worry and check this router support guide. It has been designed to help you easily reset your router's password without going through a round of hassles and troubles. Since you have lost access to your existing password, we'll reset it to the default one. So, here we have assumed that you already know what your default password is. If you have some doubt, refer to your router's original documentation. You can also visit your ...
Read more

A Comprehensive Guide to Set Passwords on Cisco Routers!

 Nevertheless, security and preservation is highly crucial now-a-days. When almost everything is driven by the Internet, the chances of hacking and security breach also increase. A lot of IT experts hold the knowledge of extracting confidential information, as it is a legal professional requirement. However since it is difficult to trust people in such an increasingly immoral society, it is wise to take preventive measures and thereby avoid unwanted hassles. Talking in terms of CISCO router, not having a password for it means serious threat to your privacy. Without passwords, extracting personal information becomes as easy as it is when you casual browse the Internet and out of nowhere lose your entire data and network infrastructure. If you do not have passwords for CISCO routers, it may enable anyone to make configuration changes they want, as well as let them shutting you out of your own network. In just two minutes you can set passwords for your Cisco routers, which ensures a m...
Read more