If your ISP has provided
an IP address for your connection, select Static IP. Otherwise,
choose Automatic Configuration - DHCP.
6. If you??™ve selected PPPoE or Static IP in the previous step, you??™ll probably
need to enter the IP addresses of your ISP??™s DNS servers (your ISP
should provide these numbers for you).
7. Click Apply or Save Settings at the bottom of the page when you??™re
done.
8. At this point, you should have Internet access; go ahead and test it by
opening a second browser window (Ctrl-N) and visiting any web site.
9. Take this opportunity to visit the router manufacturer??™s web site and
look for an update to the router firmware; if there??™s a newer version,
download and install it right away.
Can??™t Connect To Your Router?
If you can??™t load your router??™s setup page, and you??™re certain you??™re using the
correct IP address, the most likely cause is that your PC and your router are
not on the same subnet. The subnet is the range of addresses governed by
the first three components of the IP address, and Windows likes the default
192.168.1.x subnet.
This means that the first three numbers of your computer??™s IP address must
mach the first three numbers of your router??™s IP address, while the fourth number
must be different. For instance, if your router??™s address is 192.168.0.1, then
you might not be able to connect to it until you either change your PC??™s
address to 192.168.0.x (where x is any number larger than zero) or change
your router??™s address to 192.
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