| The final step of setting your Linksys router | | | | change it to 192.168.2.1. Then, click "Save |
| would be to log into it. To do so, follow the | | | | Settings". You will then be able to change your IP |
| instructions below. | | | | address to make it your unique own. |
| First, the Linksys router login username should be | | | | To change the IP address, enter MS-DOS or |
| left blank, and then enter the password "admin". | | | | Command Prompt. This can be done by clicking |
| This Linksys router login password would be a | | | | the "Start" button on the task bar, and then from |
| default one. You will then enter its page, where | | | | its options, click "All programs", then "Accessories", |
| you will be able to configure the options of the | | | | and then "Run command", or you can search for |
| router to suit your usage. However, the router | | | | "cmd" and click it. From there, everything else will |
| works fine without needing to do any | | | | be done using the keyboard, starting with typing |
| configuration as it is already functional with its | | | | "ipconfig/release", and press Enter. You will see |
| default settings, and you are good to go. Yet, if | | | | that your IP address is made out of 0's. Then, |
| this router is a wireless one, you might want to | | | | type "ipconfig/renew", and press Enter. You will |
| further set an SSID so that the router will be | | | | then receive your new IP address that consists |
| identified as yours, and then you will be able to | | | | of a series of different numbers. |
| use WEP so that you can control who uses your | | | | Go back to the router's setup page again by |
| wireless router. | | | | keying in 192.168.2.1 on your web browser. When |
| To set up the DSL ISP, key the URL 192.168.1.1 | | | | you see at "Status" that the IP address consists |
| onto your web browser's URL address and you | | | | of a series of numbers, congratulations, you have |
| will enter its setup page. At "Local IP Address", | | | | changed your IP address. |
| which is located under the Setup a Basic Setup, | | | | |