Chapter 5: Configure The Router - Linksys BEFSR81 User Manual

3. Make sure the box next to
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is
checked. Highlight Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP), as shown
in Figure 4-7, and click the
Properties button.
4. Select Obtain an IP
address automatically in
both places, as shown in
Figure 4-8, and click the
OK button. Click the OK
button again (or the
Close button if any set-
tings were changed) to
complete the PC configu-
ration.
5. Restart your computer.
Go to "Chapter 5: Configure the Router."
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Instant Broadband Series
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Figure 4-7
Figure 4-8
EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with QoS and 8-Port Switch
®

Chapter 5: Configure the Router

This chapter will show you how to configure the Router to function in your net-
work and gain access to the Internet through your Internet Service Provider
(ISP). Detailed description of the Router's Web-based Utility can be found in
"Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility." Your ISP may require the use of
a Host Name and Domain Name. Further, you will set the WAN Connection
Type on the Router's Setup tab based on the information provided by your ISP.
You will need setup information for your Internet connection from your ISP. If
you do not have this information, please contact your ISP before proceeding.
The instructions from your ISP tell you how to set up your PC for Internet
access. Because you are now using the Router to share Internet access among
several computers, you will use the setup information to configure the Router
instead of your PC. You only need to configure the Router once using the first
computer you set up.
1. Open your web browser. (It is all right if you get an error message at this
point. Continue following these directions.) Enter http://192.168.1.1 in the
web browser's
Address field, as
shown in Figure 5-
1, and press the
Enter key.
2. An Enter Network Password window, shown in Figure 5-2, will appear.
Windows XP users will see a Connect to 192.168.1.1 window, shown in
Figure 5-3. Leave the User Name field empty, and enter admin in lower-
case letters in the Password field
(admin is the default password).
Then, click the OK button.
Figure 5-2
Figure 5-1
Figure 5-3
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