Thursday, March 25, 2010

Wireless Network


We used a Dlink 615n wireless router and a Dlink wirless usb adapter to setup a wireless network. We cleared the settings on the router in order to get a fresh start with it. We installed the router software on one machine and the Dlink WUA 1340 usb adapter on another.I used the cd to install the adapter, but it caused a problem with Vista Ultimate, so it's a good idea to download the latest drivers from the website of your hardware. Once the router and adapter were installed we setup WPA encryption and connected to the internet. No sweat.
First we setup the router IP then setup the IP pool. Then made sure the the other computer could connect with the router assigning it an IP address thru DHCP. Then, setup the PC with the wireless adapter a static IP address. This has to be outside of the DHCP pool or else you'll run into conflicts with the DHCP pool.

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