PickAName
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November 7th, @02:32PM
| Log on to your router
Open Internet Explorer.
Type in the address »192.168.0.1 or »routerlogin.com
Enter the user "admin" and the password "password" (don't put the quotes)
* If you changed the password previously, put whatever you changed it to
Turn on wireless on the router
Click WIRELESS SETTINGS on the left menu
Enter a NAME (SSID) on the middle page - for example "myaccesspoint"
Choose your region, channel (e.g 11) and mode (e.g. g+b)
Tick Enable Wireless Access Point
Tick Allow Broadcast of Name (SSID)
Don't tick Wireless Isolation
Tick Disable on Security Options (can change it later)
Click the Apply button at the bottom and let it refresh
Click the Setup Access List button in the middle of the page
make sure Turn Access Control On isn't ticked, if it is untick it and click Apply
Log out of the router (logout link at the bottom left)
Configure your wireless card
I'm assuming you're using Windows XP and your WiFi card is installed properly (darn - I just read you're using Vista. The stuff you need to click on will be very similar to XP, if not let me know and I'll dig up some screen shots of Vista, or compromise my principles and install the darned thing)
Find the Ethernet cable going from the back of your PC into the back of the router and unplug it from the router (so when you connect via WiFi you know it's working rather than really using the Ethernet cable)
Double click the Wifi card icon in the system tray at the bottom right (or go to control panel - network connections and find it there)
Click View Wireless Networks
It'll give you a list of all access points it can see
Double click the one that says myaccesspoint and connect to it
Test it
Test that it works by opening Internet Explorer and trying a web page or 2. Don't access anything that uses passwords or banking as your network isn't secure - anyone that wants to scan it can capture your wifi packets and view what you're sending to the web
Turn wireless off
If it works, reconnect the Ethernet cable, log on to the router again and untick "Enable Wireless Access Point", then click the Apply button and log off the router (i.e. turn wireless back off)
Come back here and let me know it worked and I'll tell you how to set up security so no one else can use your wireless and all the data you send is secure (i.e. how to set up WPA) |
