Quick steps to setup your Netgear wireless router
Having a wireless router is an extraordinary and helpful approach to interface your machine to the broadband connection.Netgear wireless router being a standout amongst the most famous wireless networking devices permits you to interconnect your machines, laptops and non-workstation gadgets and so on. It implies you can impart media documents or reports, do live streaming, search web, send and receivemails or print records and so forth at the same time. Setting up your Netgear wireless router is carried out in simply a couple of basic steps, allowing you to have the experience of the internet.
What will you have on your Netgear wireless router package?
- A wireless router
- A blue Ethernet cable
- A power adapter (varies region-wise)
- A resource (installation) compact disc (CD) including the Smart Wizard Installation Assistant and the manual
- Warranty card
- Support information card
In order to set up the connection you need to have an active internet connection and the configuration information provided by your service provider.
Before you start with the process, you should turn off your computer and unplug your ADSL modem wire to avoid any kind of electric shock. Disconnect the Ethernet cable from your computer and connect that end to the internet port of your Netgear wireless router. It will connect the modem and wireless router. Now, bring out the cable which came with your wireless router and connect one end of the cable to the LAN port of your wireless router and connect the other end to the Ethernet port of your computer. In this way you will connect your modem, wireless router and the computer and your connection will be ready.
Turn the modem on and wait for couple of minutes to warm it up. Then turn the wireless modem on and wait for few minutes. Turn your computer on and check if your devices are turned on properly. Check the wireless router to make sure that it has got the power, wireless, LAN and the internet lights turned on.
Now turn your computer on, open a web browser (Mozilla Firefox, Google chrome, Opera mini, Internet explorer whatever you use) and then type the IP address of the router in the address bar. Your router’s IP address should be 192.168.1.1or 192.168.0.1. Now you will see a login screen where you have to type the user name and the password(which should be provided with the router). Once you enter the user name and password then you will find a set up wizard window.
Once you have connected to the wireless router you will have the setup wizard window. This wizard window will assist you to set up the wireless router for you. You just have to click next to proceed. Meanwhile doing this procedure you can also customize the setting of the router according to your connection preference. However, we will suggest you not to fiddle with the setting options unless you are sure about the procedure.
Once the set up wizard will be completed you just have to click on “done” to finish the set up. Now you can enjoy the wireless internet connection.
