How to Make a Wireless Router Work on Dial-Up
Typically a wireless router connects to the Internet via a broadband digital subscriber line, which carries roughly five times more information than a dial-up connection. You can use a wireless router to build a network in your home, but you need a separate computer already set up to make the dial-up connection. This computer must also have an Ethernet card and must stay online while you are using the wireless connection. The computer itself can't use the wireless connection. You need computer skills to confidently enter the "advanced settings" of the control panel and the setup menu of the router.
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Things You'll Need
- Computer with an Ethernet card connected to the Internet via a dial-up modem
- Ethernet cable
- Wireless modem
Instructions
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Set up the computer to make a dial-up connection. (The procedure will differ according to the make and model of your machine and its operating system.) Establish that the connection works, then enter the Network Connections section of your Control Panel under the Start menu.
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Click the Advanced Settings tab and scroll down and click the boxes labeled "Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection" and "Establish a dial-up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the internet."
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Connect the computer to the wireless router with the Ethernet cable. In the router's setup menu, ensure that DHCP is turned off to ensure that the router doesn't try to establish another Internet connection. The router will begin broadcasting signals and you can connect to it with another computer that has a wireless card installed.
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Tips & Warnings
Several brands of wireless routers exist. See the user's manual for specific directions for entering the setup menu.
Your Internet speed will only be as fast as your dial-up connection.
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