| You bought a new Linksys wireless router and | | | | - Access your network from anywhere easily and |
| you do not know to use it. You are experienced | | | | securely. |
| with computers and networks, but this is the first | | | | - Manage Internet usage and traffic |
| time you touch a Linksys router and you do not | | | | - Play games online with your friends and family. |
| where to start configuring the router. You are | | | | - Publish your internal application servers, such as |
| excited with all of the great features that your | | | | Web servers, FTP servers, e-mail servers… |
| Linksys wireless router offers, and you want to | | | | - Protect your public application server, and your |
| get the most of your wireless router. | | | | exposed computers to the Internet. |
| Do not worry! Up on the completion of this article, | | | | - Ensure better service for your high-priority |
| you will have a clear idea about what should you | | | | application's traffic such as VOIP, |
| do to configure every feature and service built in | | | | videoconferencing… |
| the Linksys wireless router. | | | | Now, let us see how to install the router in order |
| The Linksys wireless-G router is powerful router | | | | to be connected to your broadband modem. We |
| and it allows you to: | | | | assume that the Linksys wireless-G router is the |
| - Connect your network to the Internet. | | | | only router in your network. Therefore, here is |
| - Share your Internet Connection easily and | | | | what you should do: |
| securely. | | | | 1. Unplug the power cords from your router and |
| - Assign an IP address to each computer on your | | | | your broadband modem. |
| network using the built-in DHCP function. | | | | 2. Connect the router to your broadband modem |
| - Assign a fixed host and domain name to | | | | using an Ethernet cable. |
| dynamic Internet IP address. | | | | 3. Connect the router to your computer using |
| - Interconnect separated physical networks using | | | | standard Ethernet networking cable. |
| static/Dynamic routing functions. | | | | 4. Power on the broadband modem. |
| - Create a secured wireless LAN. | | | | 5. Connect one end of the power adapter to the |
| - Protect and hide your network from hackers | | | | router's power port, and the other end to the |
| and malicious users. | | | | electrical outlet. |