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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
Greetings,
Currently, I have two desktop computers running Windows XP SP2 connected to a SMC 10/100 Mbps Broadband Router model SMC7004ABR which is connected to Time Warner's Motorola SURFboard SB 4100 Cable Modem which, of course, is connected to Time Warner's cable running in my home. IP address obtained automatically. The computers are sharing the Internet connection and a printer. I now have a Dell Ispiron 6000 which has wireless capability. The SMC router does not have a wireless capability. I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Thanks in advance for your help and considerations, Leigh |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
Leigh wrote:
I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Nothing - plug and go. Obviously you'll need to configure the WRT54GS with your login username and (possibly) clone the MAC address - check the one on the SMC router before you decommision it. HTH, Pete. |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
"P" wrote in message ... Leigh wrote: I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Nothing - plug and go. Obviously you'll need to configure the WRT54GS with your login username and (possibly) clone the MAC address - check the one on the SMC router before you decommision it. HTH, Pete. Shouldn't have to do either. There isn't a login name for most cable systems, and not for TW. Shouldn't require mac cloning either. When you take out the old router and put in the new one, unplug the cable modem for 5 minutes, turn it back on and THEN turn on the Linksys. Do this while all the computers are powered off. Once the Linksys is up, power up the computers. Tom |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
"Tom Scales" wrote in message ... "P" wrote in message ... Leigh wrote: I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Nothing - plug and go. Obviously you'll need to configure the WRT54GS with your login username and (possibly) clone the MAC address - check the one on the SMC router before you decommision it. HTH, Pete. Shouldn't have to do either. There isn't a login name for most cable systems, and not for TW. Shouldn't require mac cloning either. When you take out the old router and put in the new one, unplug the cable modem for 5 minutes, turn it back on and THEN turn on the Linksys. Do this while all the computers are powered off. Once the Linksys is up, power up the computers. Tom Yep. Should have a walk-through wizard on CD if the OP needs a cheat sheet as well. |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
Next thing you know, Irene will emerge from her cave and accuse us of being
Linksys-bots. I'm a great fan of Linksys gear for home networks and even medium businesses up to 20 or 25 seats. Installed many, never had to replace. The only glitch is that the Linksys walk-thru wizard on the CD gets a little messed up when the broadband carrier is Verizon DSL. Maybe that has been fixed in a later version... Ben Myers On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 18:03:47 -0500, "S.Lewis" wrote: "Tom Scales" wrote in message .. . "P" wrote in message ... Leigh wrote: I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Nothing - plug and go. Obviously you'll need to configure the WRT54GS with your login username and (possibly) clone the MAC address - check the one on the SMC router before you decommision it. HTH, Pete. Shouldn't have to do either. There isn't a login name for most cable systems, and not for TW. Shouldn't require mac cloning either. When you take out the old router and put in the new one, unplug the cable modem for 5 minutes, turn it back on and THEN turn on the Linksys. Do this while all the computers are powered off. Once the Linksys is up, power up the computers. Tom Yep. Should have a walk-through wizard on CD if the OP needs a cheat sheet as well. |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
Tom Scales wrote:
"P" wrote in message ... Leigh wrote: I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Nothing - plug and go. Obviously you'll need to configure the WRT54GS with your login username and (possibly) clone the MAC address - check the one on the SMC router before you decommision it. HTH, Pete. Shouldn't have to do either. There isn't a login name for most cable systems, and not for TW. Shouldn't require mac cloning either. When you take out the old router and put in the new one, unplug the cable modem for 5 minutes, turn it back on and THEN turn on the Linksys. Do this while all the computers are powered off. Once the Linksys is up, power up the computers. Tom You should also log into the router to check the setup parameters. Sometime the defaults are not acceptable. At the very least you should change the admin password. Also need to set up the wireless security settings. The defaults for this are usually *VERY BAD*......... Regards, Hank Arnold |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
"Hank Arnold" wrote in message ... Tom Scales wrote: "P" wrote in message ... Leigh wrote: I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Nothing - plug and go. Obviously you'll need to configure the WRT54GS with your login username and (possibly) clone the MAC address - check the one on the SMC router before you decommision it. HTH, Pete. Shouldn't have to do either. There isn't a login name for most cable systems, and not for TW. Shouldn't require mac cloning either. When you take out the old router and put in the new one, unplug the cable modem for 5 minutes, turn it back on and THEN turn on the Linksys. Do this while all the computers are powered off. Once the Linksys is up, power up the computers. Tom You should also log into the router to check the setup parameters. Sometime the defaults are not acceptable. At the very least you should change the admin password. Also need to set up the wireless security settings. The defaults for this are usually *VERY BAD*......... Regards, Hank Arnold On that subject, I've noticed that DLink tries very hard now to point the user to set up using their provided CD. The wizard "forces" the user to set up WEP at a minimum. Still not great shakes, but better than nothing. That assumes, of course, that the end user will actually run the CD. They even place a brightly-colored adhesive label over the I/O of the route that says "RUN CD FIRST" to try to point users in that direction. Stew |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
As someone else pointed out, do make sure you either configure the security
options or understand that other people outside your house may have access to your network and Internet connection. By default, the wireless routers I've set up in the past (D-Link, Linksys, SMC) have all been wide open for anyone to connect to when you initially set them up. Clint "Leigh" wrote in message ... Greetings, Currently, I have two desktop computers running Windows XP SP2 connected to a SMC 10/100 Mbps Broadband Router model SMC7004ABR which is connected to Time Warner's Motorola SURFboard SB 4100 Cable Modem which, of course, is connected to Time Warner's cable running in my home. IP address obtained automatically. The computers are sharing the Internet connection and a printer. I now have a Dell Ispiron 6000 which has wireless capability. The SMC router does not have a wireless capability. I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Thanks in advance for your help and considerations, Leigh |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC
router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? A couple of months ago, I replaced a failed WRT54GS with a cheap Netgear WGR614. It's been perking along just fine since. I noticed that when I installed the Netgear box, my range and signal strength went way up. Surprising, since the Linksys router uses a pair of antennas which are longer than the Netgear's single little antenna. The setup routine on the Netgear CD didn't work for my particular Earthlink DSL installation. I had to set the router up manually, which was actually a pretty simple process. The Netgear's features and capabilities, as far as I can tell, are about the same as the rest of the wireless home routers. (FWIW, I'm running two laptops, usually wirelessly, and a Buffalo LinkStation 250 GB NAS drive. I'm happy as a clam in sand with the whole setup.) Good luck, and have fun! Tom |
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Questions about setting up a wireless network at home.
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 21:15:41 GMT, "Leigh" wrote:
Greetings, Currently, I have two desktop computers running Windows XP SP2 connected to a SMC 10/100 Mbps Broadband Router model SMC7004ABR which is connected to Time Warner's Motorola SURFboard SB 4100 Cable Modem which, of course, is connected to Time Warner's cable running in my home. IP address obtained automatically. The computers are sharing the Internet connection and a printer. I now have a Dell Ispiron 6000 which has wireless capability. The SMC router does not have a wireless capability. I want to buy a Linksys wireless router WRT54GS to replace the SMC router. What is needed to be uninstalled with the SMC router before I change it with the Linksys WRT54GS? Thanks in advance for your help and considerations, Leigh In addition to other comments, you may want to disable any software firewall as to simplify your installation. Of course after you are satisfied with your installation, enable your firewall again. I wouldn't worry about your firewall being down for 10 minutes or so as the odds of anything happening in that short time would be slim. |
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