help with router

I have a question; I have a desktop computer, a sony vio model PCV-RX550 and I'm using a motorola router model SB5100, I want to change the router with a wireless, so I can use the nintendo wii, an ipod touch and a psp, my friend had a wireless router ( I think ) it is the netgear 108 Mbps wireless firewall router WGT624 v3 he told me I can use it, my question is, Can I use it with my computer and it is hard to install it?
Any advice I will apreciate it.

Thanks

 

Sorry, but your SB5100 is only a modem, not a router. You should be able to connect any router to the Ethernet outlet and then connect your computer to one of the router ports. The other ports and any wireless function would be for additional computers.

I can't help you in regard to your games and ipod but others will respond.

 

So, how do I connect it?, the ethernet cable going out from the modem insteadof going to the computer I connect it to the wireless router an then from there to the computer?

 

That's correct. Remove the plug that's currently going to the ethernet port of your computer and plug it in to the input of the router. Use another patch cable to plug your computer into one of the ethernet ports on the router.

 

Do i need to install any sofware for the router?, because I dont have any.

 

Generally speaking, no. You may need to restart the modem, router and your computer in sequence in order for the router to recognize the modem and the computer to recognize the router. Shut everything down (disconnect the power supply from the router and the modem) and first power up the modem. Wait for the lights to stabilize with both the transmit and receive lights steady and then plug in the router. Wait until the router lights stabilize, you may have the data light (or WAN light) on the router blinking furiously but the other lights should be steady on before starting the computer.

Once the computer is fully on try to access the Internet, if you can you have been successful. There is an address for the router that you can access from the Internet browser. The stock address begins with 168. something. The people who really know computers on this forum (I can just barely get on the Internet) will help you from this point.

 

With a router to cable modem - it's usually plug and play (pray ?).

Sometimes routers come with software to make it easier to configure.

Download the instructions because you will certainly want to do some configuration for security sake.

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I finaly install it. yeahhh!, now my question is about security, do I need some different antivirus or with the antivirus and antispyware that I have installed in my computer is enough?

Thanks

 

If you are going to use wireless you definitely need to activate security features in the wireless portion of the router. I don't use wireless so I can't offer any help in that area.

If you only use the router in a wired mode the anti-virus and firewall you now have is probably okay. Routers generally do have additional firewall capabilities but like the wireless I don't use them so can offer no suggestions.

 

If you're using wireless, there are a few things to do.

If you didn't get the manual with the router, you can download it from http://kbserver.netgear.com/pdf/wgt6...al_25Apr05.pdf

The default SSID is "NETGEAR". Change it.
Default admin password is "password". Change that too.

Make sure remote configuration (change settings from the internet) is off.

I don't know about the particular devices you're connecting, so you may be stuck using WEP, but try for WPA2 if you can as WEP is fairly easily hacked but better than nothing.

If you know how to (or can) set IP addresses in your devices, turn DHCP off in the router. Probably can't tho, so what you can do is limit the available number of DHCP addresses to the number of things you're connecting. After they are connected add them to the reserved IP range list.

If nothing you have connected uses uPNP turn it off. What it basically does is allow anything connected to the router to reconfigure it, without requiring an admin login.

Nothing will guarantee complete security, but making a few simple changes will discourage most casual hackers, as there are tons of unsecured points to go after instead.

 

things to consider before setting up router security:
how close are your neighbors?
are you able to detect other wireless networks?
what is the type of wireless security that your other wireless devices support or have in common?

are you comfortable with locating each of your device's MAC address? you can restrict your router to connect to only your devices and also not broadcast it's name (SSID).

-a|ex

 

Ok, the things that I have the router for are my daughter's I-pod touch and my son's psp, I can detect two wireless networks one is secured and the other one not. So what do you think?