There are times when the learning curve in this technologically exciting facts age can seem like a mountain range. Once you conquer one peak or obstacle and you think you are the smartest fellow on the planet, an additional one task presents itself and you are off to the treatment cabinet for an additional one blood pressure tablet. I understanding it would be a good idea to document the modern experience I had when trying to passage the internet on a new laptop in a friend's home using a modem and a wireless router. The calculate is that I would have liked it if man had previously documented the same experience for me. It sure would have saved me some time.
The Netgear Rangemax Wireless N Gigabit Router Wnr3500 is a fine bit of gear. I have previously used this hardware to connect an entire household to the internet. Wireless routers are needful for any home network that join wireless and wired network connections. It was used previously with the operating ideas Windows Xp with an iPstar Satellite terminal iCon Series Modem. The setup was easy because all I had to do was setup the software and corollary the instructions. It was a piece of cake.
I was working with a newly acquired Acer laptop emachines E727. I was trying to use the router to passage the same wireless internet relationship using Windows 7 Home Edition as the operating system. I tried to setup software using Cd version 2.0 I received with the router but the error message I received stated that I had a compatibility question with the version of Windows I was running. I spent quite a bit of needful searching Google for a software upgrade to solve the compatibility problem. I had no luck and so as a last resort I contacted the 'Netgear Support' number.
It is a good idea to confirm that you certainly have an internet relationship so initially I connected an Ethernet cable from the modem to the Rj45 Ethernet port on the laptop. Once the broadband internet passage was confirmed I connected the laptop to the modem through the router. The modem is connected to the router via an Ethernet cable from the modem to the yellow passage point marked 'Internet' on the router. I have an additional one cable running from ethernet production relationship 1 on the router to the Rj45 Ethernet port on the laptop.
On the lowest right of the laptop there is the internet relationship icon next to the speakers icon. When I moved the mouse over the icon it showed an old internet relationship name. It was therefore needful to log in to the router to turn the settings. This was achieved by typing 192.168.1.1 in the browser window.
The default values for the Netgear Wnr3500 are;
Username: admin
Password: password
Under 'Setup', go to 'Wireless Settings'. Go to 'Wireless Network'.
Go to the 'Name (Ssid)' field and delete the previous entry value. Enter a new name in the field for 'Name (Ssid)' using a name that you will recognize. This value could be something as straightforward as your surname. It can be a value of your choice and must be up to 32 alphanumeric characters. It is foremost to remember that this 'Name(Ssid)' must be assigned to all wireless devices on your network and that this value is case sensitive.
Go to the 'Region' field and make your mind up your region from the drop-down list.
Go to the 'Channel' field which determines which operating frequency will be used. I entered channel 11.
Go to the 'Mode' field and make your mind up the desired wireless mode. The default is "Up to 145Mbps", which is the neighbor kindly mode.
Under 'Security Options' I use 'Wpa-Psk [Tkip]'. This is an acronym for Wi-Fi Protected passage with Pre-Shared Key. Use Wpa-Psk suitable encryption with Tkip encryption type. This is purely a bit of useless facts for the useless facts department.
At the lowest of the page under 'Security Options (Wpa-Psk + Wpa2-Psk) Passphrase', enter a word or group of printable characters in the passphrase box. The Passphrase must be 8 to 63 characters in length. Use something that you can certainly remember. If you cannot think of anything, use your mobile phone number.
Click 'Apply' to have your changes take corollary and the router will update. When the router has updated, return to the internet icon at the lowest right of the page and left click. You should have the new 'Name (Ssid)' as the internet connection. If everything has gone to plan, you can take off the cable and browse the internet, wireless style. It is the only way to go!
Wireless Connectivity - How to Set Up A Netgear Router