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Wireless Setup - Connecting Wireless Router

This is quick wireless setup. Before you configure the wireless router, you need to physical set it up first. Try to place the router in position that will best cover your wireless network. Usually the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance will be.

Connect your cable/DSL modem to the WAN port of your wireless router by using straight Ethernet cable. Also you need to ensure that your cable/DSL modem is configured in bridge mode, so that it can work well after connecting to router. If you need more idea, here is an example of configuring DSL modem in bridge mode, feel free to take a look.

After that, use another straight cable to connect router’s LAN port to your computer’s Ethernet port. Usually there are up to 4 or 5 LAN ports for you to connect to computers with network cable.

The reason for connecting wireless router to your computer is to configure the router for the first time through web. You can remove the cable after router configuration.

Connect Wireless Router

After setting up the network, we need to decide what IP addresses need to be used for wireless router and computers. Click here for more explanation to do IP logical network setup and design.

For the setup that I’m using, I use IP address 192.168.1.1-254, netmask 255.255.255.0.

Ok.. Next would be important part on wireless setup, it's wireless router configuration.

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