A wireless router allows both wired and wireless connections to the internet. It connects to a modem provided by an internet service provider and allows multiple devices to access the internet through either a wired or wireless connection. Wireless routers are useful for homes with more than one computer, computers in different locations, laptops that need wireless access, or frequent guests. Popular wireless router brands include Linksys, Netgear, D-Link, Belkin and Air-Link. Wireless routers require configuration of connections and security settings like WEP or WPA to encrypt wireless signals. Issues can arise from incompatibility, failure to get an IP address, or powering devices in the wrong sequence.

1. Presentation about Wireless Routers

2. • Somewhat of a misnomer, a “wireless” router will accommodate wireless and wired connections • If you have high speed access to the internet via either Suddenlink or Verizon you, connect to the ISP with a modem • A Wireless Router is an appliance that connects to a modem, and • Permits you to connect multiple computers to the Internet via either a wired (Ethernet) or a wireless adapter What’s a Wireless Router?

3. • If you have more than one computers in your network, • If you have 2 or more desktop computers who are not in the proximity of one another • If you employ a laptop computer and would like the flexibility of being able to use it anywhere in your home, or • If you have frequent guests (friends, children, grandbabies etc.) who travel with a laptop and are addicted to the Internet Who Should Consider a Wireless Router?

4. • In Sun City, the brands that we see most frequently are: – Air-Link – Belkin – D-Link, – Linksys (Cisco), and – NetGear • The most predominant brands are Linksys and NetGear Wireless Router Brands!

5. Router Connections

6. Configuration

7. Wireless Security Options

8. • WEP is a lower level of security, 64 bit and uses a 10 digit hexadecimal key (0-9, A-F), 128 bit WEP uses a longer key, • WPA security uses a “Passphrase” as a key and is considered to be more secure than WEP, • The message here is that all private wireless networks should be secured with either WEP or WPA, • Once the key or passphrase is generated, it will required for other computers to logon your network, • Finally, when you make any changes on a router, the page on which the change was made should be “saved/applied”. Wireless Security

9. • Wireless, routers can be fickle and Murphy’s Law applies • Typically the problems are related to: – compatibility issues between the modem and router – In ability of the router to get an IP address from the DNS of the ISP – Powering up in the “wrong” sequence and /or being impatient , when powering up What Can Go Wrong?

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