There are times when the studying curve in this technologically animated 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, someone else task presents itself and you are off to the rehabilitation cabinet for someone else blood pressure tablet. I understanding it would be a good idea to document the new contact I had when trying to access the internet on a new laptop in a friend's home using a modem and a wireless router. The intuit is that I would have liked it if person had previously documented the same contact 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 associate an whole household to the internet. Wireless routers are requisite for any home network that concentrate wireless and wired network connections. It was used previously with the operating system Windows Xp with an iPstar Satellite concluding iCon Series Modem. The setup was easy because all I had to do was setup the software and supervene 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 access 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 problem with the version of Windows I was running. I spent quite a bit of requisite 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 indeed have an internet relationship so initially I related an Ethernet cable from the modem to the Rj45 Ethernet port on the laptop. Once the broadband internet access was confirmed I related the laptop to the modem straight through the router. The modem is related to the router via an Ethernet cable from the modem to the yellow access point marked 'Internet' on the router. I have someone else cable running from ethernet yield relationship 1 on the router to the Rj45 Ethernet port on the laptop.
On the bottom 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 requisite to log in to the router to change 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 selection and must be up to 32 alphanumeric characters. It is prominent 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 opt 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 opt 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 access with Pre-Shared Key. Use Wpa-Psk thorough encryption with Tkip encryption type. This is purely a bit of useless facts for the useless facts department.
At the bottom 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 indeed remember. If you cannot think of anything, use your movable phone number.
Click 'Apply' to have your changes take supervene and the router will update. When the router has updated, return to the internet icon at the bottom right of the page and left click. You should have the new 'Name (Ssid)' as the internet connection. If all things 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