how to install a wireless router?!

bc3000

espresso wrote: »

You misunderstand the instructions. It tells you to type http://www.routerlogin.net into your browser. This is not the internet! You could also type 192.168.1.1 into your browser. You don't need any installation CD, just connect it up as per the manual:

e.g. modem > wireless router > PC

RTFM

what browser..? internet explorer... no? and that was what the CD installation thing told me to do

and i dont HAVE a manual just a cd

everything just keeps telling me to connect to the internet, but everyone keeps directing me to that site, but the site is telling me to connect to the internet and i don't understand how :S

espresso

bc3000 wrote: »

did routerlogin.com
it told me i wasnt connected to the internet
directed me to change the settings
i did that
then it said internet explorer cannot display the page.. blah blah

What settings have you changed?

Did you power all items down and then power up in the following order, modem, router, PC?

bc3000

espresso wrote: »

What settings have you changed?

Did you power all items down and then power up in the following order, modem, router, PC?

i'm doing that now, but don;t understand how that will help get an internet connection; when you say pc i presume you mean laptop, which is what i'm trying to connect.

espresso

bc3000 wrote: »

i'm doing that now, but don;t understand how that will help get an internet connection; when you say pc i presume you mean laptop, which is what i'm trying to connect.

The router needs to acquire an IP from the modem. You are trying to connect using Ethernet aren't you?

bc3000

espresso wrote: »

The router needs to acquire an IP from the modem. You are trying to connect using Ethernet aren't you?

i don't know what ethernet is

edit: i'm presuming you're talking about this wire thing that goes into the modem? its connected modem-router

espresso

bc3000 wrote: »

i don't know what ethernet is

HC_2

bc3000 wrote: »

what browser..? internet explorer... no? and that was what the CD installation thing told me to do

and i dont HAVE a manual just a cd

everything just keeps telling me to connect to the internet, but everyone keeps directing me to that site, but the site is telling me to connect to the internet and i don't understand how :S

Does the CD have a user's manual on it? That should talk you through the set-up.

mdbarber

bc3000 wrote: »

i'm doing that now, but don;t understand how that will help get an internet connection; when you say pc i presume you mean laptop, which is what i'm trying to connect.

you don't need to understand,,,just bloody DO IT!!!!!

only joking m8, some things happen when you power on
1 power on modem it will apply to the cable network for an outside ip address and for some time will also hand out internal addresses to other devices like your router
2 when you power router on it will ask and hopefully get its internal address and then hand out other addresses to the computers laptops etc..
3 power on the pc/lappy it will ask and be given an address from the router
Then your windows will be able to use the internet
best bet use system restore to before you put the router disk in!

bc3000

HC wrote: »

Does the CD have a user's manual on it? That should talk you through the set-up.

no. all it says is to put the cd in.. then the cd has instructions.

mdbarber: ohhhhhhhhh lol

bc3000

installation cd says i'm not logged onto the internet.. how do i log on!?!