Setting up the wireless routers is one of the most popular features in computer networking these days. The popularity is as a result of the advantages the wireless networking is having in computer and internet applications. However before one begins the processes of linksys wireless router setup one should understand that the configurations may not be the same depending on the model but what should be the same is the concepts that are involved. The other important thing that one also needs to understand about the linksys wireless router setup is that there are two different types of linksys wireless which include the DSL or ADSL and the normal or the standard DSL as it is referred by some experts.
It is the connection methods that make the difference between the two types. In the DSL/ADSL model the connection to the linksys wireless router setup is done through the use of a telephone modem, however, the username and the password that are used for the connection are provided by the internet service providers. While in the standard router setup the connection is done directly through the modem of the cable.
It is also important that one knows some of the ports that used in the linksys wireless router setup. One of the important ports that are required for that connection is called the WAN port. It is this port that is used to connect to the cable modem through the usual ethernet cable. When one is doing the linksys wireless router setup through DSL/ADSL, this port may be smaller among all the ports that are seen in its section. There are four ports that are in the red rectangular and they are called the LAN ports. What these ports do is that they are used to connect devices to the computer through the use of a cable. One does not need to become conversant with all those ports except when he is connecting to multiple routers. For the connection of DSL router you can make use of the wan port which you connect to the ethernet port through cable.
When you access the router that would use for the linksys wireless router setup the first thing that you need to know is that it may require configuration. However it is not in all cases that the configuration is necessary because some of the routers that are purchased are already configured by the internet service providers. The IP of the internet service providers are used to configure it and most of the configurations are done using this common and popular ip address which is 192.168.1.1. What is required for the router with this IP to get connected is that you have to do the connection with an IP that should be in the same range with the computer which is used for this linksys wireless router setup. Setting up your computer to have the same range of IP with the router is not difficult. The process is simple what you do is to click on start then control panel and network connection. Then you right click the local area connection and select properties. You click twice on TCP/IP and the box which says use the following IP address. What you do next is to configure the IP address to be in the same range with your router; you can make it to be 192.168.1.20. You can also make the subnet mask to read 255.255.255.0. You may not bother yourself with the other settings.
