What Do You Need With a Wireless Router?
Setting up a router in order to have wireless Internet access is quick and easy. You'll be up and running in no time.
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Function
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A router feeds your wireless signal throughout a limited area, and it hooks up to your modem. Any wireless-enabled devices you have will then be able to access the Internet through that router within a specified range.
How to Get a Router
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Everything you'll need to set up the router will be included in the box, which you can buy from an electronics retailer or your Internet service provider. These include the cables to hook up the router to the modem, a CD for your computer, an instruction book and the router itself.
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Internet Provider
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You will need high-speed Internet in order to use a router. However, you do not need to inform your Internet provider that you'd like wireless or that you're going to set up a router, unless you buy the router from the cable or phone company. If you buy the router from the company, then they will usually set it up for you. If you buy the router on your own, then you will need to follow the instruction manual that comes with it.
Hook Up
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Every router and modem is different, with different positions for the cables. The instructions should clarify where they go.
Set Up
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Most routers will come with a CD that will either set up the router for you or walk you through the process step by step.
Accessing Wireless
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If the router was not set up on the computer that needs wireless, then you will need to locate the router through your device and enter the passkey that was given to you, or created, during set up. It's a good idea to set up a passkey. This secures your connection so that nobody else but you can access your Internet wirelessly. An open connection can more easily subject your computer to hackers.
Multiple Devices
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Using the same router, you can access wireless Internet with unlimited devices. But be aware that the more devices you use, the slower the connection can become. Downloads and uploads may affect the other people using the connection. But general use shouldn't affect other users.
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