December 12, 2011

Wireless Connectivity - How to Set Up A Netgear Router

There are times when the learning curve in this technologically appealing information age can seem like a mountain range. Once you conquer one peak or obstacle and you think you are the smartest fellow on the planet, an additional one task presents itself and you are off to the treatment cabinet for an additional one blood pressure tablet. I opinion it would be a good idea to document the up-to-date caress I had when trying to way the internet on a new laptop in a friend's home using a modem and a wireless router. The think is that I would have liked it if someone had previously documented the same caress for me. It sure would have saved me some time.

The Netgear Rangemax Wireless N Gigabit Router Wnr3500 is a fine bit of gear. I have previously used this hardware to associate an whole household to the internet. Wireless routers are significant for any home network that merge wireless and wired network connections. It was used previously with the operating principles Windows Xp with an iPstar Satellite terminal iCon Series Modem. The setup was easy because all I had to do was install the software and supervene the instructions. It was a piece of cake.

How To Set Up A Wireless Router

how to set up a wireless router

I was working with a newly acquired Acer laptop emachines E727. I was trying to use the router to way the same wireless internet relationship using Windows 7 Home Edition as the operating system. I tried to install software using Cd version 2.0 I received with the router but the error message I received stated that I had a compatibility problem with the version of Windows I was running. I spent quite a bit of significant searching Google for a software upgrade to solve the compatibility problem. I had no luck and so as a last resort I contacted the 'Netgear Support' number.

It is a good idea to confirm that you well have an internet relationship so initially I associated an Ethernet cable from the modem to the Rj45 Ethernet port on the laptop. Once the broadband internet way was confirmed I associated the laptop to the modem straight through the router. The modem is associated to the router via an Ethernet cable from the modem to the yellow way point marked 'Internet' on the router. I have an additional one cable running from ethernet production relationship 1 on the router to the Rj45 Ethernet port on the laptop.

On the bottom right of the laptop there is the internet relationship icon next to the speakers icon. When I moved the mouse over the icon it showed an old internet relationship name. It was therefore significant to log in to the router to convert the settings. This was achieved by typing 192.168.1.1 in the browser window.

The default values for the Netgear Wnr3500 are;

Username: admin

Password: password

Under 'Setup', go to 'Wireless Settings'. Go to 'Wireless Network'.

Go to the 'Name (Ssid)' field and delete the former entry value. Enter a new name in the field for 'Name (Ssid)' using a name that you will recognize. This value could be something as easy as your surname. It can be a value of your choice and must be up to 32 alphanumeric characters. It is foremost to remember that this 'Name(Ssid)' must be assigned to all wireless devices on your network and that this value is case sensitive.

Go to the 'Region' field and settle on your region from the drop-down list.

Go to the 'Channel' field which determines which operating frequency will be used. I entered channel 11.

Go to the 'Mode' field and settle on the desired wireless mode. The default is "Up to 145Mbps", which is the neighbor kindly mode.

Under 'Security Options' I use 'Wpa-Psk [Tkip]'. This is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected way with Pre-Shared Key. Use Wpa-Psk standard encryption with Tkip encryption type. This is purely a bit of useless information for the useless information department.

At the bottom of the page under 'Security Options (Wpa-Psk + Wpa2-Psk) Passphrase', enter a word or group of printable characters in the passphrase box. The Passphrase must be 8 to 63 characters in length. Use something that you can well remember. If you cannot think of anything, use your mobile phone number.

Click 'Apply' to have your changes take supervene and the router will update. When the router has updated, return to the internet icon at the bottom right of the page and left click. You should have the new 'Name (Ssid)' as the internet connection. If all has gone to plan, you can remove the cable and browse the internet, wireless style. It is the only way to go!

Wireless Connectivity - How to Set Up A Netgear Router

how to set up a wireless router

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