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Rana Radwan LTEC 4550Configuring a laptop to access a Wireless Access Point
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What Was Needed•Wireless Router•Laptop•Internet Connection•Ethernet Cable•Broadband Router
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Setting Up the Router•Start by placing the cd in the laptop that came
with the wireless router.•My laptop automatically opened the cd content.•Upon startup, it asked to select a language:
English•Then pressed Next•I had to agree with the agreement•Then pressed Next again•Then the adapter is checked to make sure that
it works and my network status
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STEP 1•I had to unplug the Ethernet cable from
the laptop and plug it into the yellow point labeled Internet on the back of my wireless router.
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STEP 2•I then connected one end of the blue
Ethernet cable to the blue part of the #1 wireless router.
•I then connected the other end to my laptop
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STEP 3•In the next step, I had to connect the
power cord that came with the wireless router.
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STEP 4•I then was successful setting it and was
ready to configure the router.
•The only problems that I encountered is that it took some time to discover my router. Once it found it, it all fell in place and gave me step by step instruction.
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IP Address• In order to configure my settings, I had to enter
my IP address in Internet Explorer. 192.168.1.1
• Asked me for the user name and password.▫Since it was my first time setting it up, the default
user name is admin and there is not a password.
• Once I was logged in, I went to the administration tab and added a password and clicked on save settings at the bottom of the screen.
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Wireless Tab
•Then I clicked on the wireless tab.•Where it said Wireless Network Mode:
Mixed •Wireless Network Name (SSID) kept it as
linksys•I also kept the wireless channel the same•On the Wireless Broadcast I left Enable
just in case I ever forgot what the SSID name I put
•Then I saved the settings again
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Wireless Security Tab
•Then I clicked on over to the wireless security tab
•The security mode that I selected: WEP•My wireless Encryption level is at: 128
bits 26 hex digits which is the most secure
•I then let it generate its own WEP key•Then again I had to save the settings
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What I See On the Screen
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Set Up and Ready to use
•Now that I can see my wireless connection, I can now connect wirelessly and use my laptop without having to connect with wires.
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