Thanks a lot, everyone! My utmost gratitude! It is with
everyone's help that I managed to setup my router
effortlessly!
One more question: Is there a way to surf the web on my
[b]netbook[/b] without connecting to the router? (that's what i
bought wireless router for).
I've tried unplugging the ethernet cable from the netbook and it
doesn't work anymore; must connect to router by wire then
can.
Do I need to change anything? On my router setup page, there's all
these fields:
[B][U]Wireless[/U][/B]
MAC Address: 00:90:4B:88:55:F0
Mode: 11b+G (btw, what's this?)
Domain: ETSI
Channel: 6
SSID: diverx
SSID Broadcast: Enabled
Security: Enable
Pls advise!
Save the thanks; I haven't done anything yet.
As for options for the wireless network:
Leave the mode as "b+g" for backward compatibility or set it to
"g" if you're sure that your wireless adapters are all 802.11g (b
is really old though).
Channel number doesn't really matter unless you're running more
than one wireless networks in close proximity. Think of it as the
frequency channels used by radio stations. Eg. Two radio stations
can't use the same frequency of 92.4 Mhz unless they're located far
apart, otherwise they would interfere with each other's
signals.
Leave domain as ETSI, which allows you to choose between Channel
1 - 13 (FCC allows Channel 1 - 11).
SSID: Your network name, which will appear in a list of wireless
networks when a user within the range of your router is trying to
connect to a wireless network. You can try setting something funky
there, like:
SSID Broadcast: whether to broadcast your network name in
public. I've never used this option before, but I assume
that:
1. Your SSID will not appear in wireless network lists.
2. Users who want to connect to your wireless network will need to
enter the network name manually.
Just leave it enabled but make sure you set a password for your
wireless network, which leads us to...
Security: Leave it enabled. It probably means whether a password
is required to connect to your wireless network (though it's pretty
ambiguous to just call it "Security"). There's probably a password
field or two just nearby that option where you'll enter the network
password. There might be a restriction which requires the password
to be at least 8 characters long as well.
Let me know if you have any other questions.
