Linksys BEFW11S4-RM User Guide - Page 9

Configuring Your Network, with the Wireless Access Point, Cable/DSL Router - repeater

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Instant BroadbandTM Series 4. Click the Properties button, then choose the IP Address tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Click on the Gateway tab and make sure that all fields there are empty. EtherFast® Wireless Access Point + Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch Configuring Your Network with the Wireless Access Point + Cable/DSL Router Configuring the Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router Now that your Wireless Access Point + Cable/DSL Router is wired into your network, you can begin configuring your system. 1. Open your web browser and type http://192.168.1.1 in the browser's Address box. This number is the default IP address of your router. Press Enter. 5. Click OK. The Network Properties window will reappear. Click OK. All client settings are complete. Windows may ask for original Windows installation files, which can be found on your Windows CD-ROM (i.e.: D:\win98, D:\win95, D:\ win9x - where "D" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) or possibly on your hard drive (c:\windows\options\cabs.) 6. Windows will ask you to restart the PC. Click Yes. Repeat steps 1-6 for each PC on your network. When all of your PCs are configured, continue on to set up the router using the router's Webbased Utility. 11 Note: If you have previously enabled an Internet Sharing Proxy Service on any of your PCs, you must disable it now. • If you are running Netscape Navigator: Click Edit >> Preference >> Advanced >> Proxies> and click Direct Connection to the Internet. • If you are running Internet Explorer v5 or better, click Start>> Settings>> Control Panel>> Internet Options>> Connections>> LAN Settings. Remove the checks from all three boxes. Click OK to continue. 12

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EtherFast
®
Wireless Access Point + Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch
12
Configuring Your Network
with the Wireless Access Point +
Cable/DSL Router
Configuring the Wireless AP + Cable/DSL Router
Now that your Wireless Access Point + Cable/DSL Router is wired into your
network, you can begin configuring your system.
1.
Open your web browser
and type
in the
browser’s Address box. This number is the default IP address of your
router. Press
Enter
.
Note:
If you have previously enabled an Internet Sharing
Proxy Service on any of your PCs, you must disable it now.
• If you are running Netscape Navigator: Click
Edit
>>
Preference
>>
Advanced
>>
Proxies
> and click
Direct Connection to the Internet
.
• If you are running Internet Explorer v5 or better, click
Start
>>
Settings
>>
Control Panel
>>
Internet Options
>>
Connections
>>
LAN Settings
. Remove the checks from
all three boxes. Click
OK
to
continue.
4. Click the
Properties
button, then choose the
IP Address
tab. Select
Obtain an IP address automatically
. Click on the
Gateway
tab and make
sure that all fields there are empty.
5. Click
OK
. The Network Properties window will reappear.
Click
OK
.
All
client settings are complete.
Windows may ask for original Windows
installation files, which can be found on your Windows CD-ROM
(i.e.:
D:\win98, D:\win95, D:\ win9x - where “D” is the letter of your CD-ROM
drive) or possibly on your hard drive (c:\windows\options\cabs.)
6. Windows will ask you to restart the PC. Click
Yes
.
Repeat steps 1-6 for each PC on your network.
When all of your PCs are
configured,
continue on to set up the router using the router’s Web-
based Utility.
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Instant Broadband
TM
Series