internet

[Guest abhishekrishna]

i hav a wi-fi connection. how to create a password to this wi-fi

connection so that others around me can't misuse my connection.

[Guest Malke]

Re: internet

 

abhishekrishna wrote:

> i hav a wi-fi connection. how to create a password to this wi-fi

> connection so that others around me can't misuse my connection.

 

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples

given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router

mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a

browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

 

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which

varies from router to router so check your manual)

 

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left

blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter

that information. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your

configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

 

Click on the Administration link at the top of the page. You are going to

change the router's administrative password from the default. Enter your

new password. WRITE IT DOWN SOMEWHERE YOU WILL NOT LOSE IT. Re-enter the

password to confirm it and click the Save Settings button at the bottom of

the page. The router will restart and present you with the login box again.

Leave the username blank and put in your new password to get back into the

configuration utility.

 

Now click on the Wireless link at the top of the page. Change the Wireless

Network Name (SSID) from the default to something you will recognize. I

suggest that my clients not use their family name as the SSID. For example,

you might wish to name your wireless network "CastleAnthrax" or the

like. ;-)

 

Click the Save Settings and when you get the prompt that your changes were

successful, click on the Wireless Security link which is right next to the

Basic Wireless Settings link (where you changed your SSID). If you have a

newish computer, you will be able to set the Security Mode to

WPA2-Personal. Do that and enter a passphrase. The passphrase is what you

will enter on any computers that are allowed to connect to the wireless

network. WRITE IT DOWN SOMEWHERE YOU WILL NOT LOSE IT.

 

At this point, your router is configured and if the computer you were using

to configure the router is normally going to connect wirelessly, disconnect

the ethernet cable and the computer's wireless feature should see your new

network. Enter the passphrase you created to join the network and start

surfing.

 

Additional information:

 

MVP Jack - http://www.ezlan.net/#wireless

Wireless - Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html

Wireless - Basic Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html

 

Malke

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