Wireless Router Configuration

Wireless Router COnfiguration These instructions are meant for residents of Palo Verde, Verano Place, Gabrielino, and Santiago apartments. Use the following checklist to ensure that your computer is configured correctly for use in Palo Verde, Verano Place, Gabrielino, and Santiago apartments. 1. You should connect an ethernet cable from wall jack directly into the WAN port on your router/access point. 2. We recommend that you have some kind of encryption enabled- at least WEP, and preferably WPA or WPA2 which are far more secure than WEP. 3. We also recommend (for increased security) that you enable MAC filtering. This feature allows you to identify which wireless cards the router will "speak" to, and it can specify that your router ignore all other ethernet cards. This ensures that only computers you approve of can use your access point. You can find your MAC address by clicking Start -> Run, typing "cmd", clicking "Ok", and then typing "ipconfig /all" in the console window that pops up. Your MAC address is listed next to Physical Address. If you have more than one network adapter, such as an ethernet and wireless, you probably have more than one MAC address. Make sure to use the one from the wireless adapter. IMPORTANT NOTE: ResNet advises against purchasing a wireless "router" and instead recommends that residents purchase a wireless "access point". They are cheaper and provide the same wireless access and security without complications such as Network Address Translation (NAT), DHCP, and Layer 3 isolation. Please call us at 949-824-6375 if you have any questions! The following is a guide to give you a general idea of how to configure your router/access point. The guide uses a Linksys WRT54G as a basis. Step 1 – Resetting • •

Connect the power cord Unplug ALL Ethernet connections

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Hold down the reset button for at least 15 seconds

Step 2 – Cable Setup

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Connect your computer (PC or MAC) to any one of the LAN ports, only Connect the Internet (WAN) Port to ResNet

DO NOT connect the wall port to any port on the Router yet!

Top of page Step 3 – Accessing Router

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Open Internet Explorer (with the computer connected to the Router) Enter 192.168.1.1 into the Address Bar, push Enter

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Leave the User Name field blank Under the password field enter “admin” Click “OK”

Top of page Step 4 – Default Screen

Top of page Step 5 – Setting a Password IMPORTANT: Protect your Router from being tampered with by other residents by setting a password!

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Click “Administration” Enter a desired password into the “Router Password” field Click “Save Settings”

Top of page Step 6 – Configure Wireless SSID

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Click “Wireless” Click “Basic Wireless Settings” Enter a desired name into the “Wireless Network Name (SSID)” field Write down your Wireless Network SSID, it will be used for later. Click “Save Settings”

Top of page Step 7 – Configure Wireless WEP or WPA Security Key You must secure your wireless network, failure to do so may result in disconnection by ResNet. We recommend that you use WPA instead of WEP.

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Click “Wireless” Click “Wireless Security” Select “WPA Pre-Shared Key” in the “Security Mode” field Set the "WPA algorithm" to "TKIP"

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Type in your WPA Shared Key. It should be between 8 and 32 characters- the longer the better. Make sure it is something you can remember but that is hard to guess. You may want to write it down, temporarily, so that you can remember it for when you configure your computer to connect to the now-secure access point. Click “Save Settings”

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Click “Wireless” Click “Wireless Security” Select “WEP” in the “Security Mode” field Bubble “1” under the “Default Transmit Key” field Select “128 bits 26 hex digits” Enter a desired passphrase into the “Passphrase” field Click “Generate” Carefully write down the code generated in the “Key 1” field on paper, and store it in a safe place. THIS IS YOUR WEP KEY, it will be needed later on. Click “Save Settings”

Top of page Step 8 – Final Cable Setup

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Connect your computer (PC or MAC) to any one of the LAN ports, only Connect the wall port to a WAN port on your Router

Top of page Connecting a Windows Computer Through Wireless Step 9 – Go To Control Panel

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Click on the Start Menu, and click on Control Panel.

Top of page Step 10– Switch to Classic View

Top of page Step 11– Go to Network Connections

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Find and double-click “Network Connections” to open up the list of connections that your computer uses to connect to the internet.

Top of page Step 12– Network Connections

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Right click “Wireless Network Connection” and select “Properties”.

Top of page Step 13– Wireless Network Connection Properties

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Go to the “Wireless Networks” Tab

Top of page Step 14– Adding a Wireless Profile

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Check “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings”, if it isn't already. Click “Add” to add a wireless profile.

Top of page Step 15– Making a Profile

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Enter in the Network name (SSID). (It was your desired SSID from Step 6 ). Uncheck the box “The key is provided for me automatically”. Put in the “Key 1” code from Step 7 into “Network key” and “Confirm network key”. Push “OK”

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