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Configuring Wireless Routers Is Not Difficult
If you have already bought a wireless router, and you are very eager to connect it in order to set up the new wireless network. However, you should never skip reading the user manual, because the specific configuration setting can only be found in that. And if lets say its cold outside, leaving the new router to rest for a while will decrease the risk of creating water vapors inside its components, because of the quick temperature changes. You should never skip reading instructions, even if they seem like unnecessary.
At this point you will see you have an IP in most case that you have to introduce in the browser and from there access the routers configuration. In most router types this IP is 192.168.x.x. It will obviously differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. This address can be modified but if we forget it well have to reset the router to factory settings and then remake all settings.
The first step you will take is to configure the LAN network. It is usually simplest to use the DHCP setting that will automatically assign IPs to computers. I personally like to use static IPs, like 192.168.0.101 as an example. Anyway, the settings in the router must be corrected to match those of the network card like this:
Click Start, Control Panel, Network Connections, right click on the network card and the click Properties. Here you will select TCP/IP Properties.
The WLAN will arise some more specific problems because it is a wireless network, and that means that people around you will be able to access your network and the Internet without much hassle. We dont want that because it will cause the internet connection to work even worse and those persons might also be able to access our shared files and do bad things using our IPs for which we will be responsible. But there are many types of protections, for example encrypting (WEP, WPA, WPA2) or filtering MAC (MAC is an address, a code if you wish that is specific to any network card there are no two network cards with the same MAC)
The recommended encrypting method is one that uses both WPA2 and MAC. But pay attention because both the router and the network card have to use the same encryption methods. After these steps, you will only need to configure the Internet connection. If you have a PPPoE connection with dynamic IPs, you will choose that, then enter the user and password and connect. At this point you should have Internet on all PCs connected to the router, no matter if they are wired or wireless.
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