2. 2 Main Issues Physical Connection Interfacing with the broad
band Modem (cable, DSL) Adjusting the configuration on the broad
band Modem and upgrading the modem firmware. Basic router setup
Accessing the Web Interface Upgrading the router firmware Admin
account IP addresses
3. 3 Main Issues Wireless Setup SSID Channel Security MAC
Filter Firewall Work Station Configurations: IP address XP Firewall
Testing
4. 4 Broad Band Modem Before you connect your wireless router,
do the following while your PC is connected directly to your broad
band router. Updating Firmware: Click on Modem Firmware Update DSL
Help Bridging Instructions Linksys Router Config.
5. 5 Connect the router to your Modem: Physical Setup For more
information read: Wireless Quick Start Guide Must be the cable that
came with your modem (it is cross- over in case of DSL) Straight-
Through Cable Check the Internet LED in the front Side Restart
Everything before you test
6. 6 Router Tech Support Search by answer ID for any of those
issues Setting up PPPoE DSL with a BEFW11S4: Answer ID 527
7. 7 Wireless Router Web Access Leave the user name blank.
Password is admin
8. 8 Main Menus and Sub Menus A Main Menu Item Sub-Menu Items
for the Setup menu Wireless Router Model # Firmware Version
9. 9 Basic Setup Sub-Menu Router to Modem setup Routers IP
Address Disable DHCP, It is safer to use Static IPs Take a note of
the DNS Server Addresses Save Help
10. 10 Configure your PC and test Configure your PCs TCP/IP
properties (Do this on a wired PC first. We will deal with Wireless
PCs later): IP address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Primary DNS
Server Address Secondary DNS Server Address Open your browser and
test the Connection
11. 11 Before You Start Change the Password
12. 12 Also in the Management Sub- Menu: UPnP Universal Plug
and Play has to be enabled for some applications (MS Messenger
audio and video for example) to work
13. 13 Before You Start Update The Router Firmware Browse to
where you have downloaded the router firmware from the vendor web
site
14. 14 Before You Start Update The Wireless NIC Driver Gather
information about: Your wireless NIC (model number, etc) Operating
system (Win XP, etc) Visit the manufacture web site, go to the tech
support page and download the dirver Install the driver This
insures that you will be able to configure the latest security
features
15. 15 Configuring the Radio Interface Enable the radio
interface, configure the SSID and disable SSID Broadcasting
16. 16 Configure WEP Key Make sure that you right down the
automatically generated 26 hex digits key. The hex key will be used
later to configure the wireless clients
17. 17 Stronger Encryption
18. 18 MAC Authentication To get the MAC address of your
Wireless card, Go to DOS and type ipconfig /all
19. 19 Advanced Settings Just in case!
20. 20 High Gain Antenna
21. 21 Configuring the Wireless Client Depends on the
configuration utility of your card.
22. 22 Configuring Port Forwarding
23. 23 Public IP address and DNS Info.
24. 24 Examining the Log File Must download and install the log
viewer application from Linksys web site Where the log file will be
stored Choose
25. 25 Log Viewer You can also open the log file in MS
Word
26. 26 Setting up the Client WEP 64, or 128 bit Match the SSID
on AP (Case Sensitive) Both must be checked for WPA
27. 27 WEP
28. 28 WPA
29. 29 XP Firewall Troubleshooting Windows Firewall in
Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 The document includes detailed
explanation of how to use the following Windows Firewall
Troubleshooting Tools: Netsh firewall commands Windows firewall
logging files The netstat tool Most of the firewall configuration
can also be done from the CLI. Example: >netsh firewall set port
opening TCP 80 disable
