How to Connect a Laptop to a DLink Router
D-Link routers offer wireless service for a home or office laptop so you can connect to any office when traveling away from your typical network. You can connect to a D-Link router using free Wi-Fi server offered at a coffee shop or a hotel wireless connection as you travel. Windows provides you with a convenient wireless tool so you can connect the laptop to the network without configuring any IP settings.
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Instructions
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Log in to the Windows desktop using your user name and password. Windows saves wireless settings for each profile so you can save a wireless D-Link connection the next time you log in to your Windows account.
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Click the "Wireless" connection icon in the system tray. This icon is located next to the system time and date. When you click the icon a list of available wireless networks display.
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Click the D-Link wireless network to which you want to connect. If the D-Link network requires a password a text box displays.
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Type the password to access the network and click "Connect." The D-Link router automatically assigns an IP address to the computer and you connect to the network.
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