Chapter 6: The Router's Web-Based Utility; Overview; How To Access The Web-Based Utility - Linksys WRT54AG User Manual

6. To configure the Router for your wireless network(s), perform these steps:
A. To enable 5GHz, 802.11a wireless networking, make sure the 5GHz,
802.11a Enable radio button is selected. Then click the Change 5GHz
Settings button, and customize the SSID, Channel, and Security settings as
needed. Then click the Apply button to save your changes. For more infor-
mation, refer to "Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility."
B. To enable 2.4GHz, Wireless-G wireless networking, make sure the 2.4GHz,
802.11g Enable radio button is selected. Then click the Change 2.4GHz
Settings button, and customize the SSID, Channel, and Security settings as
needed. Then click the Apply button to save your changes. For more infor-
mation, refer to "Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility.
7. If you haven't already done so, click the Apply button to save your Setup
settings. Close the web browser.
8. Restart your computers so that they can obtain the Router's new settings.
Test the setup by opening your web browser from any computer and enter-
ing http://www.linksys.com/registration (as shown in Figure 5-7).
If you need more details or advanced setting information, please refer to
"Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility" or the Linksys support web-
site at support.linksys.com.
Congratulations! You've successfully configured the Router.
If you are unable to reach our website, you may want to review what you
did in this section or refer to "Appendix A: Troubleshooting."
Proceed to "Chapter 6: The Router's Web-based Utility" for more details
and advanced settings information.
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Figure 5-7
Dual-Band Wireless A/G Broadband Router
Chapter 6: The Router's
Web-based Utility

Overview

Use the Router's web-based utility to administer it. This chapter will describe
each web page in the Utility and each page's key functions. The utility can be
accessed via your web browser through use of a computer connected to the
Router.
The Setup, Security, System, DHCP, Status, and Help screens are available for
basic setup. For advanced setup, click the Advanced tab to access these
screens: Advanced Wireless, Filters, Port Forwarding, Routing, and DDNS.

How to Access the Web-based Utility

To access the web-based utility, launch Internet Explorer or Netscape
Navigator, and enter the
Router's default IP
address, 192.168.1.1, in
the Address field. Then
press Enter.
A password request
page, shown in Figure
6-2 will pop up.
(Windows XP users
will see a similar
screen.) Leave the User
Name field blank, and
enter (the
admin
default password) in the
Password field. Then
click the OK button.
Note: For added security, you should always change the password
through the Security screen of the web-based utility.
To save your changes on any page, click the Apply button. To cancel any
unsaved changes on any page, click the Cancel button. To get additional infor-
mation about any screen's features, click the Help button.
Figure 6-1
Figure 6-2
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