wireless internet.

[cherokee]

I have just bought a wireless router to try and set up internet link for my daughters pc, thing is im a right numpty and dont have a clue what im doing lol..
anyway reading instructions and it starts by saying "always start with your router or gateway"
Does this actually mean my main pc. ? or the pc Im wanting to put the internet too as well as mine?

[entwisi]

I'll try and explain in simple terms

You plug the router you have bought into the phone and mains. Basically you can consider the router as a mini PC whose job is to 'work' the internet connection and share that connection to all PCs who connect to it. It also serves as a firewall and protects all PCs connected to it from the big bad naughty men on the net. It does need to konw the connection details for the ISP ( username/password) and you set this as follows



depending on the make you need to use the network cable initially to connect to a PC to do the initial setup. plug in and your PC will be given an IP address by the router. You then open a web browser ( firefox/IE/OPera) and type the routers config afddress in the browser, usually its http://192.168.0.1 but you should check the instructions as some use 192.168.1.1 or even others depending on the manufacturer. You should be prompted for a login username and password. you should find this in the instructions but often its "admin" and "passwsord"

Once in then its just finding the right screen to put the username and password for the ISP, save and it should connect to the internet.

Then its just setting up the wifi bit.

Start by turning off the encryption, you need to get it working in basic mode first and then add the layers of security back on one by one so you know if it stops working what bit broke it.

Set the ESSID to something unique

save it all and exit. On the PC that you want to connect wirelessly you should be able to right click the wifi network icon in the system tray and choose "View available wireless networks". You should be able to connect to the one you are setting up and browse the net.

If you get this far let me know and I'll talk you through the security bit.