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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn View Post
    Yep, seemed like the logical place to look.

    Not sure how to do this but will give it a try tonight. Thanks!
    again this is router and provider dependant
    I have friends on both orange and sky the security on both is already set up as is BT homehub and the network key is written on the bottom of the router

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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Here's the basic steps to configuring your wireless router for security...

    1. Turn off wireless on your laptop - some have a button or you can "disable" it in network connections.
    2. Connect your computer to the router using an ethernet cable.
    3. Check you can get onto the internet.
    4. Login to the wireless router - usually at http://192.168.0.1/
    5. You'll need a username and password here - probably "admin" & "admin" or "admin" and "password".
    6. Find the wireless security settings on the web site you should be seeing.
    7. Set it to WPA2 Personal (or WPA2-PSK or WPA-PSK or WPA2/WPA, etc...)
    8. Type in your chosen pass-phrase.
    9. Hit the "Save" or "Apply" button.
    10. The router should be set up now, you can close the web browser.
    11. Unplug the ethernet cable, and turn back on the wireless.
    12. Configure wireless on your laptop to match how you configured the router.
    13. Check for internet connection.
    14. Done!

    If anything goes wrong, come back here and let us know what happened.

    Good luck!
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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    Here's the basic steps to configuring your wireless router for security...
    Thank you! Will try that tonight and report back.

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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn View Post
    Yep, seemed like the logical place to look.

    Not sure how to do this but will give it a try tonight. Thanks!
    Whats the name of your router i.e Netgear DG834 etc. As i might be able to find a online walk through for you

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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Quote Originally Posted by knightengale View Post
    Whats the name of your router i.e Netgear DG834 etc.
    Pass?

    Presumably its written on it somewhere.

    My only previous experience with routers was a small office network in my last job and that was only along the lines of if it stops working, turn it off, leave it for a minute and turn it back on again!

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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn View Post
    Pass?

    Presumably its written on it somewhere.
    should be written on it somewhere
    who is your isp?
    broadband provider

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    Re: Broadband help please!

    there should be a wee card in the box that came with the router telling you how to access it.

    It's usually a case of starting firefox or internet explorer and typing in http://192.168.2.1 or some similar bunch of numbers and then ask you for a username and password, also supplied on the card. This will log you into the router and you can make all the changes you need to

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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Lynn, you'll have seen so-far three different IP addresses on this thread on how to configure your router - 192.168.0.1, 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1.

    To find out which one - and it could be different again - do this once you are connected to the router with your ethernet cable...

    Go the the Start menu and click on "Run..."
    Type "cmd" and hit return.
    In the window that comes up type "ipconfig"
    Look for a line that says "Default Gateway".
    The IP address given there is your router's address.
    Point your web browser at that address.
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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Quote Originally Posted by ducasi View Post
    Lynn, you'll have seen so-far three different IP addresses on this thread on how to configure your router - 192.168.0.1, 192.168.1.1, 192.168.2.1.

    To find out which one - and it could be different again - do this once you are connected to the router with your ethernet cable...
    Thanks - yes that worked and I went through your step by step guide and got it sorted!

    Sorry for being so dense - I really didn't know to look for the router via IE etc.

    Really appreciate all the help guys. I now have a 'security enabled wireless network'.

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    Re: Broadband help please!

    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn View Post
    Thanks - yes that worked and I went through your step by step guide and got it sorted!

    Sorry for being so dense - I really didn't know to look for the router via IE etc.

    Really appreciate all the help guys. I now have a 'security enabled wireless network'.
    Well done lynn i see we have another computer geek in the making

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