Information About Setting Up a Wireless Networl

These days the wireless networks are becoming  more and more popular. The  simplicity of installation and the practicality of being able to surf the net anywhere in the house makes wireless home networks very attractive to internet users. Setting  up a wireless home network is quite  simple  but you need to know some basic things about wireless networks before attempting to start the set up.  To help you get the  improved understanding of wireless networking you can read up more about the wireless networking protocols.

To set up  a wireless home network you need to have broadband internet connection with a cable or DSL modem. The common set up at home is usually that of the desk top computer being plugged directly into the modem. In this tutorial we will assume  that you have a laptop that you want to connect wirelessly to the PC that is connected to the internet. You  require some hardware to make this possible. First you need to have a wireless router.  For your laptop computer a PC card-based network adapter and for your desk top PC USB wireless network adapter must be added. For all the additional hardware you buy it is  suggested to choose the same brand for obvious reasons.  check to the documentation that comes with your hardware for the installation process.

You can begin the set up when you already have all the necessary hardware installed.  Connect the wireless router to the modem post unplugging or turning off the DSL modem.   You can refer the documentation that came with your hardware for assistance. When you've  configured your computer will wirelessly connect to your router. The next step is to configure your wireless router. Your routers configuration page can be accessed  using Internet Explorer.

There are some things you  mustconfigure as the most of the default settings there are rather safe left alone. You need to select a unique wireless network name or SSID, this will be the name of your network. You must make sure that the name selected by you is not used by anyone else around you. Provide a unique passphrase to your router such that it will use to generate some keys. Then the last step to do before you are done with configuring the router is setting your administrative password.  Password must be chosen in such a way that it is not too short and not easy to guess.  Be sure to save every setting you've configured. The actual steps involved in configuring these settings  change according to the kind of router you have.

Setting up your laptops network adapter is the next step. For this one it is easy to follow the windows XPs instructions on screen. Right-click the icon for wireless network in your task bar and click "View Available Wireless Networks" in the pop up menu that appears. There you will see the name you chose for your wireless network and other wireless connections around you in a network connection window. If you dont see your network click refresh list in upper left corner.  You will need to enter the key chosen by you in both the Network key and Confirm network key boxes. Click Connect. You will then see connection progress as it connects to your network. When you're already connected you can close the Wireless Network Connection window.   Wireless connection has been  configured by you.

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For more details and diagrams about home network setup check out the link here: Set up home network Alex is an expert IT professional with more than 13 years of experience in Networking and Network Management. He has excellent knowledge of wired networks, and wireless networks.He has helped many people fix their home networks using the Infinity Networks guide.