Plug your DSL or cable modem (or whatever broadband connection
you??™re using) into your router??™s WAN or Internet port.
2. Use an Ethernet cable to connect at least one PC to one of the numbered
ports on your router, even if you eventually want to use that PC wirelessly.
3. Dispense with the software that comes with your router. Instead, open a
web browser on the wired PC and type the IP address of your router
into the address bar. In most cases, this is 192.168.1.1, but your router
may be different; refer to your router??™s documentation for details. (You
may also need to log in with a username and password at this point,
also listed in said documentation, at least in theory.) If you can??™t connect
to your router, and you??™re sure your PC??™s network card is working,
see the ???Can??™t Connect To Your Router???? sidebar, next.
Figure 7-4. You can mix and match wired and wireless devices with a wireless router;
these three computers are on the same network, despite the different means of connection
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4. Once you get your connection to your router working, you??™ll see your
router??™s setup page, which should look vaguely like the one in
Figure 7-5. Of course, your router??™s setup page will almost certainly
look different, but most of the same settings will still be there.
5. Choose your connection type from the list. If your Internet connection
requires a username and password, select PPPoE.
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