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Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Broadband Router
Overview
Wireless-G Broadband Router
Chapter 6: Configuring the Wireless-G Broadband
Router
Overview
You can use the Web-based Utility to configure the Router. For advanced users, you may configure the Router’s
advanced settings through the Web-based Utility. 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 the use of a computer connected
to the Router.
There are six main tabs: Setup, Wireless, Security, Applications & Gaming, Administration, and Status. Additional
tabs will be available after you click one of the main tabs.
For a basic network setup, most users will use these two screens of the Utility:
• Basic Setup. On the Basic Setup screen, enter the settings provided by your ISP.
• Management. Click the Administration tab and then the Management tab. The Router’s default
password is admin. To secure the Router, change the Password from its default.
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 will appear. (Non-Windows XP users will see a similar screen.) Leave the User Name
field blank. The first time you open the Web-based Utility, use the default password admin. (You can set a new
password from the Administration tab’s Management screen.) Then click the OK button.
HAVE YOU: Enabled TCP/IP on your PCs? PCs
communicate over the network with this protocol.
Refer to “Appendix D: Windows Help” for more
information on TCP/IP.
NOTE: For first-time installation, Linksys
recommends that you use the Setup Wizard on the
Setup CD-ROM. If you want to configure advanced
settings, use this chapter to learn about the Web-
based Utility.
Figure 6-1: Password Screen