Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-G Broadband Router. Linksys WRT54GS

Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster

Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-G Broadband Router

Overview

This chapter includes two sets of instructions. If the Wireless-G Broadband Router will be the only router in your network, follow the instructions in “Hardware Installation for Connection to Your Broadband Modem.” You may wish to run some applications, such as Parental Control, for only certain PCs on your network and will need to run the Wireless-G Broadband Router behind another router to do this. If you want to install the Wireless-G

Broadband Router behind another router in your network, follow the instructions in “Connecting One Router to

Another.”

Hardware Installation for Connection to Your Broadband Modem

1. Power down your network devices.

2. Locate an optimum location for the Router. The best place for the Router is usually at the center of your wireless network, with line of sight to all of your mobile stations.

3. Fix the direction of the antennas. Try to place the Router in a position that will best cover your wireless network. Normally, the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance will be.

4. Connect a standard Ethernet network cable to the Router’s Internet port. Then, connect the other end of the

Ethernet cable to your cable or DSL broadband modem.

hardware: the physical aspect of computers, telecommunications, and other information technology devices

dsl: an always-on broadband connection over traditional phone lines

Figure 4-1: Connecting Your Modem

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5. Connect your network PCs or Ethernet devices to the Router’s numbered ports using standard Ethernet network cabling.

Figure 4-2: Connecting Your Network Devices

6. Connect the AC power adapter to the Router's Power port and the other end into an electrical outlet. Only use the power adapter supplied with the Router. Use of a different adapter may result in product damage.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you use the power adapter that is supplied with the Router. Use of a different power adapter could damage the Router.

Figure 4-3: Connecting the Power

Now that the hardware installation is complete, proceed to “Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G

Broadband Router,” for directions on using the Router’s Web-Based Utility to configure the Router’s settings for your network.


Hardware Installation for Connection to Your Broadband Modem

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Connecting One Router to Another

Some applications, such as Parental Control, apply setting to all PCs connected to the Router. Sometimes, you may not want those settings to apply to all settings in your network. When this is the case, you may want to connect the Router behind another, so you can have some PCs connected to the Router with Parental Control and some connected to a Router without.

Before you connect one Router to another, you must make sure that both have different IP Addresses. This is mandatory because both routers may be set to the same IP address by default, right out of the box. If both routers have the same IP address, then you may not be able to set up the Router with Parental Control.

First, make sure the Router is NOT connected to your network. Then follow these instructions:

1. To access the other router’s Web-based Utility, launch Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, and enter the other router’s default IP address, 192.168.1.1, or whatever IP Address you have set it to, in the Address field.

Then, press Enter.

2. A password request page will appear. Leave the User Name field blank. In the Password field, enter the password you have set (the default password is admin). Then click the OK button.

3. The first screen that appears will display the Setup tab. In the Network Setup section, there is a setting called

Local IP Address, which is set to 192.168.1.1. Change this to 192.168.2.1.

4. Click the Save Settings button to save your change, and then exit the Web-based Utility.

5. Power down your network devices. Now you will begin the hardware installation of Broadband Router.

6. Locate an optimum location for the Broadband Router. The best place for the Broadband Router is usually at the center of your wireless network, with line of sight to all of your mobile stations.

7. Fix the direction of the antennas. Try to place the Router in a position that will best cover your wireless network. Normally, the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance will be.

Internet Broadband

Modem

Router Wireless-G

Broadband

Router

Figure 4-4: Connecting the Router Behind Another

NOTE: Steps 1-4 are instructions for a typical

Linksys router; however, if you are using a non-

Linksys router, refer to the other router’s documentation for instructions on how to change its local IP address to 192.168.2.1.

Internet

Router

Broadband

Modem

Wireless-G

Broadband

Router



Multiple PCs

Figure 4-5: Diagram for Connection to Another Router

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8. Connect a standard Ethernet network cable to the Broadband Router’s Internet port. Then, connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to one of the numbered Ethernet ports on your other router.

Figure 4-6: The Router with the Internet Connection is connected through the Internet Port

9. Decide which network computers or Ethernet devices you want to connect to the Broadband Router.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you use the power adapter that is supplied with the Router. Use of a different power adapter could damage the Router.

Figure 4-7: Connecting Your Network Devices

Disconnect the selected computers or devices from the other router, and then connect them to the Broadband

Router’s numbered ports using standard Ethernet network cabling.



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10. Connect the AC power adapter to the Broadband Router's Power port and the other end into an electrical outlet. Only use the power adapter supplied with the Broadband Router. Use of a different adapter may result in product damage.

Figure 4-8: Connecting the Power

Now that the hardware installation is complete, proceed to “Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G

Broadband Router,” for directions on using the Router’s Web-Based Utility to configure the Router’s settings for your network.



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Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-G Broadband Router. Linksys WRT54GS

Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-G Broadband Router

Overview

Hardware Installation for Connection to Your Broadband Modem

Connecting One Router to Another

Key Features

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Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-G Broadband Router. Linksys WRT54GS