Purchase a Wireless Network adapter
Network adapters wirelessly connect your
computer to your wireless router. If you
have a new computer you may have wireless
capabilities already built in, then you
will not need a wireless network adapter.
If you need to purchase an adapter for your
computer, buy a USB wireless network adapter.
If you have a laptop, buy a PC card-based
network adapter. Make sure that you have
one adapter for every computer on your network.
2 # Let’s connect your wireless
router now:
First time you locate your cable modem or
DSL modem and unplug it to turn it off.
Connect your wireless router:
Since you'll be temporarily disconnected
from the Internet, print these instructions
before you go any further.
First, locate your cable modem or DSL modem
and unplug it to turn it off. Connect your
wireless router to your modem and your modem
should stay connected directly to the Internet.
Your computer will wirelessly connect to
your router, and the router will send communications
through your modem to the Internet.
If you have computer connected
directly to your modem:
The network cable from the back of your
computer removed, and plugs it into the
port labeled Internet, WAN, or WLAN on the
back of your router.
If you have computer connected to
a router
The network cable connected to the Internet,
WAN, WLAN port from your current router
and this cable plugs to Internet, then,
unplug any other network cables, and plug
them into the available ports on your wireless
router
1. Plug in and turn on
your cable or DSL modem.
2. You may wait a few minutes
to give it time to connect to the Internet.
3. Plug in and turn on
your wireless router.
4. Just after a minute
you can see the Internet, WAN, WLAN light
on your wireless router light up, that indicate
it has successfully connected to your modem.
3 # Starts Configure your wireless
router
1. The network cable that
came with your wireless router being used,
2. Connect your computer
to one of the open network ports on your
wireless router ( WAN, or WLAN),
3. Now open Internet Explorer
and type in the address to configure your
router,
4. The address and password
you use will vary depending on what type
of router you have, if prompted for a password,
5. After this internet
explorer will show your router's configuration
page,
Most of the default settings, but
you should configure three things:
1. ”SSID”
as your wireless network name.
This identifies your network name. You should
choose something unique that none of your
neighbors will be using.
2. “WEP” or
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA), which help
protect
Your wireless network
You will be providing a passphrase that
your router uses to generate several keys.
Make sure your passphrase is unique.
3: Administrative password
that controls your wireless
Network
After each configuration setting, be sure
to
• Click save Settings,
• Apply,
• Or OK to save your changes.
• You should disconnect the network
cable from your computer now.
4 # All the computers are connected
perfectly
If you have a computer that does not having
wireless network support built in, you do
the following steps,
1. First you plug your
network adapter into your USB port,
2. Place the antenna on
top of your computer (in the case of a desktop
computer),
3. Windows will automatically
detect the new adapter,
4. Prompt you to insert
the CD that came with your adapter.
5. The on-screen instructions
will guide you through the configuration
process.
6. Then a notification
that says it has found a wireless network.
How to configure hardware in wireless
networking,Access point
configurations: (AP)
Client. In regular Wireless
card that usually goes on a computer. Under
such configuration The AP can only communicate
with Wireless Cable/DSL Router or an AP
configured as a Gateway.
Bridge. In such Configuration
the AP can only communicate with another
AP that is configured as a Bridge. Plug
one AP Bridge to a Switch on the first LAN,
the other AP to a Switch on the second LAN,
and they are connected.
Gateway: In this mode the hardware
acts as a Wireless Hub connecting to Wireless
Clients that are installed on network computers
(Wireless PCMCIA, Wireless USB, Wireless
PCI, etc.).
Repeater. It acts like
a client to receive a signal a Wireless
source and then switches to AP mode to broadcasts
to regular clients. Such a configuration
can be used to extend the range of a Wireless
LAN.
This article explained that how to configure
a wireless network. A new network user can
easily configure a Wireless network by using
these steps that described above in this
article step by step.