Why Do So Many People Use Linksys Routers by Steve Lee
Linksys is a division of Cisco Systems, Inc., and are the recognized global leader in VoIP, Wireless and Ethernet networking for home, and small business users. They are based in Irvine, California. A Linksys router is the most popular model available today. ... Linksys Wireless Broadband Routers have four Ethernet ports and support up to 32 wireless users. ... A common complaint when using a Linksys router is interference between a 2.4 GHz phone system and the wireless network. ... A few benefits of networking your computers with a Linksys router include: - Share a high-speed, broadband...

Installing Linux on WRT54g Wireless Router by Eric Meyer
The WRT54G is a wireless router made by linksys. A few years ago linksys released its WRT54G firmware source code giving the open source community the ability to make its own versions. Installing Linux on your wireless router has many benefits and in my opinion few risks. ... Typical ways to “Brick” your wrt54g router are: trying to install your firmware upgrade over a wireless connection, interrupting the upgrade, and finally powering cycling during or five minutes after the upgrade. ... Don’t turn off your router for about five minutes after the upgrade.

Wireless Routers: 10 1/2 Tips to Troubleshoot by Eric Meyer
Wireless Router trouble shooting for the Famously Frustrated 1. Open up internet explorer type in http://192.168.1.1 under password type admin1 and proceed to your router interface. Most people don’t even know how to go to their router interface. Linksys wireless routers all have default... If you can’t seem to connect to a wireless router even through you know that you have the correct pass phrase, the wireless router might have might have MAC address filtering on. ... Tips do not upgrade your wireless routers firmware via a wireless connection and don’t turn off the wireless router when...

Wireless Home Networking: 20 Things Not to Do When Setting up Your Wireless Network by Eric Meyer
1. Do not name your SSID your last name or first name 2. Do not have your pass phrase your last name of first name 3. Don’t leave your wireless channel at six, change it to 2 or 11 4. Don’t leave your wireless network open enable some sort of encryption 5. ... Don’t start configuring your wireless network until you have upgraded your wireless router firmware 12. ... Configure your laptop not to automatically connect to a wireless networks named “linksys“ 8. ... Don’t confuse an access point for a wireless router.

Wireless Networking Security: WPA to WPA2 by Eric Meyer
WPA upgrade to WPA2 TO upgrade your wireless network security to WPA2 follow these steps: 1. Upgrade your wireless router’s firmware to the latest firmware. Linksys and Dlink wireless routers manufactured in the last two years will have WPA2 compatiable firmware ababilable. ... After you install your new firmware and driver restart your wireless router and computer. ... Choose the same WPA2 option that you selected on your wireless router and enter the passphrase. ... Now go to your wireless routers web interface, proceed to the security tab and choose WPA2.

Always-On Networks Created with a Wireless Router by Troy Davies
If you're using a wireless network with Windows' built-in Internet Connection Sharing, you're probably quite happy with it -- but there's a problem. The problem is this: the computer the modem is connected to needs to be turned on before any of the other computers can get Internet access! ... Choosing a Wireless Router When you're choosing a wireless router, you should consider the same things as you would with any other wireless equipment: range, speed and standards. ... Installing a Wireless Router Wireless routers are designed to work easily out of the box: in most cases, it should be...

Wireless Router & Security: A Step-by-Step Guide by Brian Medini
Setting up a wireless router is easy. Essentially you turn your cable or DSL modem off and your wireless router on. Then, you connect the router to the modem with a cable, and turn the modem back on. You are more or less done. The wireless network wizard on your computer will pick up the router... The actual process of configuring your router for encryption varies from router to router. ... The URLs for D-Link and Linksys routers, two major manufacturers of wireless routers, are http://192.168.0.1 and http://192.168.1.1, respectively.

Wireless Routers: Features of DLinks DI-634M MIMO Wireless Router by Eric Meyer
If you are interested in purchasing a new wireless router you should consider DLINK's DI-634M. Many wireless routers such as the Linksys WRT54g have been on the market for many years which lack the speed and coverage of newer MIMO enabled routers. Features: MIMO - MIMO stands for (MULTI in... Security - Security features for this router include: 1.MAC address filtering - Limits only the computers you want or don't want to access the network 2.WEP,WPA,WPA2 - WPA2 is the highest form of wireless security out their for wireless routers.

How to Secure Your Wireless Network by Debbie Jacobsen
If you use a wireless network, chances are good it is not secure. If you don’t make some important configuration changes on your wireless router after installing it, your wireless network is wide open to hackers, curious neighbors and people who would rather use your broadband internet service... The SSID (service set identifier) is the name of your wireless network, and by default is usually the brand name of your wireless router (like Linksys). ... You can configure your wireless router to only allow certain computers on the wireless network by including each computer’s MAC address in...

Wireless Router Features by Eric Meyer
BUYING A WIRELESS ROUTER You might be asking what features should I look for in a wireless router . You will have to ask yourself some questions first. 1. Do you currently have a 802.11b or 802.11g wireless adapter? 2. Do you want to connect remotely to your office network? ... If you currently have a 802.11g wireless adapter you will want to purchase a 802.11g wireless router so you can maximize your network speed at 54mbps. ... One feature which is often over looked but one of the coolest features of a wireless router or access point is the ability of act as a wireless bridge.