How To Set Up Your
Linksys Routers
How
to connect multiple computers to your cable modem for internet
connectivity using a linksys routers
In many instances,
people will have more than one computer in their house
and they will more than likely want to connect up to the internet
on all of them. With the purchase of a linksys routers, you
can accomplish this fairly easily. You will need to have Ethernet
cables that are in each room that can be connected to the
Router.
Typically you will
have Ethernet Cable run in the walls like your phone line.
If you are unable to run Ethernet cables throughout the house,
and you prefer not to have cables running along the baseboards,
you will need to use a Wireless router along with Wireless
network interface cards on all of your computers.
In this instance,
we will assume that you have your Cable Modem in a centralized
location where it can be plugged into your new Linksys Routers.
Before you connect the Router to the Cable modem, hook up
the Cable modem directly to the network card on your desktop
or laptop in your home network to insure you have Internet
connectivity.
Once you have accomplished
this, you can then connect the Cable modem to the Router.
We'll assume you are using a Linksys Routers for this example.
If you are using a different brand name,
locate it on our routers page and follows those instructions.
1. Before
continuing please verify that your Cable modem is connected
to the WAN Port of the router, and the first computer you
will be setting up is connected to one of the number ports
on the router (For example, port 2).
2. Go to
your desktop and double click on Internet Explorer (Located
on the Start Menu in Windows XP).
3. When "Internet
Explorer" opens, type http://192.168.1.1 into the "Address"
bar and click on Go or [Enter].
4. The "Enter
Network Password" window will appear.
5. Skip the
user name and type admin (admin is the default password) as
the password, and click OK.
6. Under
“WAN Connection Type” the default option for Obtain an IP
automatically should be set. If it is not, please set it
to such, and click Apply. It should like the picture below:
7. You can then
close this Internet Explorer window and open a new one. Type
in a website to confirm that you have Internet connectivity.
You have now configured your Linksys Router
and will be able to plug in several other PC's into the router
to share the Internet connectivity!
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