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Instant Wireless® Series 6. To configure the Router for your wireless network(s), perform these steps: A. If you have Wireless-G and 802.11b devices in your network, then keep the default Mode setting, Mixed. If you have only Wireless-G devices, select G-Only. If you want to disable wireless networking, select Disable. B. Customize the SSID and Channel settings as needed. For added security, you should change the default SSID (linksys) to a unique name. Then click the Apply button to save your changes. For more information, refer to "Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility." C. To enable WEP encryption (recommended), click the Enable radio button next to WEP. Then click the Edit WEP Settings button, and customize the WEP encryption settings as needed. Click the Apply button to save your settings. For more information, refer to "Chapter 6: The Router's Webbased Utility." 7. If you haven't already done so, click the Apply button to save your Setup settings. Close the web browser. 8. Restart your computers so that they can obtain the Router's new settings. Test the setup by opening your web browser from any computer and entering http://www.linksys.com/registration. Figure 5-7 If you need more details or advanced setting information, please refer to "Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility" or the Linksys support website at support.linksys.com. Congratulations! You've successfully configured the Router. If you are unable to reach our website, you may want to review what you did in this section or refer to "Appendix A: Troubleshooting." Proceed to "Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility" for more details and advanced settings information. 24 Wireless-G Broadband Router Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility Overview Use the Router's web-based utility to administer it. This chapter will describe each web page in the Utility and each page's key functions. The utility can be accessed via your web browser through use of a computer connected to the Router. The Setup, Security, System, DHCP, Status, and Help screens are available for basic setup. For advanced setup, click the Advanced tab to access these screens: Advanced Wireless, Filters, Port Forwarding, Routing, and DDNS. How to Access the Web-based Utility To access the web-based utility, launch Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, and enter the Router's default IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the Address field. Then press Enter. Figure 6-1 A password request page, shown in Figure 6-2 will pop up. (Windows XP users will see a similar screen.) Leave the User Name field blank, and enter admin (the default password) in the Password field. Then click the OK button. Figure 6-2 25

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Wireless-G Broadband Router
Chapter 6: The Router’s
Web-based Utility
Use the Router’s web-based utility to administer it. This chapter will describe
each web page in the Utility and each page’s key functions. The utility can be
accessed via your web browser through use of a computer connected to the
Router.
The
Setup
,
Security
,
System
,
DHCP
,
Status
, and
Help
screens are available for
basic setup. For advanced setup, click the
Advanced
tab to access these
screens:
Advanced Wireless
,
Filters
,
Port Forwarding
,
Routing
, and
DDNS
.
To access the web-based utility, launch Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator, and enter the Router’s default IP address,
192.168.1.1
, in the
Address
field. Then press
Enter
.
A password request page, shown in Figure 6-2 will pop up. (Windows XP users
will see a similar screen.) Leave the
User Name
field blank, and enter
admin
(the default password) in the
Password
field.
Then click the
OK
button.
25
Instant Wireless
®
Series
6.
To configure the Router for your wireless network(s), perform these steps:
A.
If you have Wireless-G and 802.11b devices in your network, then keep the
default
Mode
setting,
Mixed
. If you have only Wireless-G devices, select
G-Only
. If you want to disable wireless networking, select
Disable
.
B.
Customize the
SSID
and
Channel
settings as needed. For added security,
you should change the default SSID (
linksys
) to a unique name. Then click
the
Apply
button to save your changes. For more information, refer to
“Chapter 6:The Router’s Web-based Utility.”
C.
To enable WEP encryption (recommended), click the
Enable
radio button
next to
WEP
. Then click the
Edit WEP Settings
button, and customize the
WEP encryption settings as needed. Click the
Apply
button to save your
settings. For more information, refer to “Chapter 6:The Router’s Web-
based Utility.”
7.
If you haven’t already done so, click the
Apply
button to save your Setup
settings. Close the web browser.
8.
Restart your computers so that they can obtain the Router’s new settings.
Test the setup by opening your web browser from any computer and enter-
ing
.
If you need more details or advanced setting information, please refer to
“Chapter 6:The Router’s Web-based Utility” or the Linksys support web-
site at
support.linksys.com
.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully configured the Router.
If you are unable to reach our website, you may want to review what you
did in this section or refer to “Appendix A: Troubleshooting.”
Proceed to “Chapter 6:The Router’s Web-based Utility” for more details
and advanced settings information.
24
Overview
How to Access the Web-based Utility
Figure 6-1
Figure 5-7
Figure 6-2