Application viewpoint: Wireless Router Installation Guide

Many people have a special understanding of wireless router installation. The following describes a comprehensive explanation of such problems. To connect a wireless LAN to the Internet, the most important thing is to have a terminal connected to the Internet, which is a wireless router or Wireless AP.

The biggest difference between the two is that a wireless router not only has a WAN port, but also has a simple switch built in. Generally, there are four LAN ports. In addition to the wireless function, it is a wired four-port router, wireless AP only has one WAN port, but only covers wireless devices. For home applications or SOHO, it is obvious that the cost-effectiveness of using wireless routers is higher. To build a WLAN, you only need one wireless router. It is relatively simple to install a home or SOHO-level wireless router. for users who do not know much about wireless networks, use the default configuration. However, the default configuration of WLAN has flaws in manageability and security, especially security, which is almost completely unguaranteed.

Wireless Router Installation

To ensure the smooth connection of the wireless network, you need to select a suitable location in the home room or SOHO work room so that each terminal can be covered by the wireless router installation. After a wireless router is placed, connect it to the power supply, pull out its backend antenna, and connect it to the ADSL Modem using a network cable. A wireless router has a network cable that can be connected to its upper-level devices, such as switches or routers, and Internet connection points, such as ADSL cats ), to connect the covered wireless network with other networks. Early wireless routers may need to use crossover lines when connecting to ADSL cats, that is, one end is based on 568A while the other end is based on the 568B standard network cable. Most wireless routers produced in the past two years do not need to be so troublesome. Most of the WAN ports of routers have the function of automatic turning, that is, cross lines or parallel lines, which can be adjusted by themselves.

In most cases, after connecting to the ADSL cat smoothly, follow the wireless router Installation Wizard and simply step by step. Most of the features can be directly used by default. Alternatively, go to the wireless router's Web Settings interface and set items one by one: Before setting, connect the PC to the wireless router, and the other end of the network cable must be connected to the LAN port of the wireless router, note that it is not a WAN port ), open your browser and enter the default IP address of the wireless router in the address bar.

Wireless Router setting wizard

Compared with traditional home routers, wireless broadband routers have the same configuration items as wired router products of the same grade except for one more wireless setting. The setting method is basically the same. Currently, most wireless routers provide simple "Setup Wizard" to help users who are not familiar with the network quickly set up wireless networks in a very simple way. Although this may pose security risks, it is quite popular for its convenience and ease of use. For a TP-LINK wireless router, in its setup wizard, the settings for the wireless Section are as follows. The "wireless function" determines whether the AP function is enabled. The "SSID" is the identifier character of the wireless router and is sometimes translated as a "Service Set Identifier or service area identifier". It is used as the verification identifier for accessing the wireless network, to add a wireless workstation to a wireless network, it must have the same SSID number; otherwise, it will be "REJECTED ". Manufacturers have their own default settings for this, for the TP-LINK wireless router installation, the default is TP-LINK, it is recommended to change to other names, can be used as a simple security measures. Then you will be prompted to enter the wireless router account and password to enter the configuration program. The management user and password are also input in the initial settings following the instructions.

I. Pay attention to the IP address of the wireless router. Because we need to connect the wireless router and Modem, the IP addresses of the two should not be the same. Please modify the IP addresses according to the actual situation, but ensure that the two are in the same network segment.

2. Set the IP address of the PC. There are two options: either use the DHCP function of the wireless router or set it by yourself. Similarly, ensure that the PC and the wireless router are in the same network segment.

3. The ssid is installed on the wireless router, which is the verification mark that the wireless workstation can smoothly connect to the wireless network.

Note that if DHCP is used, the vrodhcp requires you to set the starting IP address. Generally, you only need to set the required IP address for the wireless router and ADSL cat. Other IP addresses can be used. If the number of DHCP users must be set for the installation of the wireless router, or the IP address must be the same as the IP address, the number of wireless workstations will use the wireless network according to the settings in the starting IP address, set aside an approximate number of IP addresses. If you can set the starting IP address to 10 and the ending IP address to 19, the vro can allocate 10 IP addresses. You only need these steps to complete the vro settings and restart the vro to make the settings take effect.