How to install a router - step by step guide

If you decide to install wi-fi at home, onwork, or in any other place, then you definitely need to purchase a special device, which is called a router, or a router. This is a special device that distributes wireless Internet at a certain distance. Routers are classified by power, number of connected objects, speed, range, etc. Therefore, if you want to purchase a router, be sure to familiarize yourself with its characteristics. By purchasing this device, you will need to install it. I am sure that 99% of users will have problems with this, so this article is devoted to how to install a router.

How to install a router - walkthrough

There are a huge number of routers from different manufacturers, but the most popular are D-Link. That is why we will understand how to install D-Link wi-fi router.

1) Open the box with the purchased device,We pull it out and connect it to the power supply network. On the front side should light up the bulbs. If they do not light up, then there are some problems with the router. On the back we see several ports. We need a port with the word "Internet", we have to plug the plug that was connected to the computer into it.

2) In any of the other ports put the cable that was bundled with the router. This cable needs to be connected to a computer (to the place where we pulled the Internet wire).

3) Open any program that gives accessin Internet. In the address bar we write the following numbers: 192.168.0.1. This page is the main settings page. You do not need an internet connection to connect to it.

4) We continue to understand how to install the router. We have opened the login page with the name and password fields. In the name field we write admin, and the password field is left blank.

5) On the page that opens, select the Setup item.(Installation), then the item on the left Internet Setup (Internet installation) and then click Manual Internet Connection Setup.

6) In the opened section Internet Connection Type(Internet connection type) select the item called PPPoE user name / password and select Dynamic PPPoE. In the Name, Password and Password Confirmation fields, enter the data specified in the agreement with your Internet provider.

7) Look a little lower and see the item."clone mac address". Click on it. In the item Connect mode select (Select Internet connection) put a dot opposite Always. The remaining items do not need to be changed.

8) Discussion on how to install wifirouter, almost complete. It remains only to understand the settings of the wireless network. In the device menu on the left, select the Wireless installation item, then the Manual wireless connection setup button will appear in the center, click on it and look at the opened main settings menu. In the Wireless Network Settings section, check the Enable wireless network box, and write any name in the Wireless network name field. We also fill in the Wireless key field and remember it. This field will store the password from your wi-fi. It is needed so that neighbors and other strangers are not connected to the router.

I hope that, after reading this article, you figured out how to install the router.