How to Configure Linksys Wireless Router
96Linsys Wireless Router Configuration.
Linksys is a product of CISCO the leading company named for Network Products. One of the most reliable and cheapest SOHO router with high performance. Linksys router normally comes with the following feature.
1)Inbuilt Firewall(SPI firewall)
2)Hardware Firewall
3)Four Ethernet Ports(LAN)
4)One Internet Port(WAN)
5)Easy Setup CD
6)Omni Direction Antenna(s)
7)Easy Secure Setup button
8)One press reset
9)Supports A,B,G & N standard(Wireless)
10)Wide coverage 60ft(G),80ft(B),30ft(A),150ft(N)
11)Speed 54Mbps(G),11Mbps(B),54MBps(A),>300Mbps(N)
12)Supported Encryption(WEP, WPA, WPA2,WPA(Radius))
13)Support 11 channels
14)Allows Remote Management.
15)Allows QoS configuration.
16)Allows Mac-Filtering
17)Allows Port-Forwarding
18)Allows DMZ configuration.
19)Allows to create log for each user.
20)Inbuilt DHCP server.
Configuration Part I
configuring Linksys Wireless router for cable connection:
Configuring Linksys router for cable connection is a very easy job than for any other type of connection.
Steps to be followed.
1)Check the internet connection:
Connect the computer to the modem and check if you are able to get online.If you are cable to get online then click on StartMenu-->Run-->type "CMD"(Click OK). Command prompt will appear then type "ipconfig" and find the ip address. For example the display will be like the one below.
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:7bed:8d4b:9:acd2:b328:e2d4:328c
Site-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fec0::9:acd2:b328:e2d4:328c%2
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:7bed:8d4b:9:1cab:5005:c9da:c373
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::acd2:b328:e2d4:328c%9
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 71.168.2.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 71.168.2.1
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To confirm if you are online execute the following command.
C:\Users\KARTHICK MURUGAN>ping yahoo.com
Pinging yahoo.com [206.190.60.37] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=274ms TTL=49
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=274ms TTL=49
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=274ms TTL=49
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=273ms TTL=49
Ping statistics for 206.190.60.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 273ms, Maximum = 274ms, Average = 273ms
If you are getting four replies then you are online else you have to get in touch with your service provider to get it fixed.
2)Configuring the Router:
a)Connect the computer to any one of the Lan Port in the router.
b)Check if you are getting a light in the port to which it is connected.
c)connect a cable from your modem to the wan Port of the router.
d)Check if you are getting light in the wan port also.
e)Now the ip address as same as before this time you should get the ip address as below.
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2002:7bed:8d4b:9:acd2:b328:e2d4:328c
Site-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fec0::9:acd2:b328:e2d4:328c%2
Temporary IPv6 Address. . . . . . : 2002:7bed:8d4b:9:1cab:5005:c9da:c373
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::acd2:b328:e2d4:328c%9
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
f)Open an Internet explorer and in the address bar type http://192.168.1.1 and then hit enter
g)It will prompt for an username an password. After typing in the username(admin) and password(admin).Click the "OK".
i)You will be into a blue Setup page called Linksys Setup page.
j)In the setup page you will see a configuration type drop down box.
k)From the drop down select "Automatic Configuration DHCP" and click "SaveSettings" button.You will get a popu up with a message"Settings are successful please click continue". You have to click "continue". After few seconds you will be back to the setup page.
l) Click on Mac-Address-clone buttion. In the new screen you will see a Radio button with two options enable and disable. Select enable option and then click on "Clone Your Mac-Address Clone" button. Click on "SaveSettings" button to save your changes.
m)Once your back into the Original Page. Go to "Status" page then look for an Internet Ip address which should have some value other than 0.0.0.0.
If you got an ip address then you are good to go then check if you are online. You should be online.
Basic Wireless Configuration:
Once you are online then the second part of configuration is wireless configuration.
To configure the wireless portion of a wireless router
Click on "Wireless Tab"
1)Under Wireless tab you will have "Basic Wireless Settings","Wireless Security","Wireless Mac Filter" and "Advanced Wireless Settings".
2)Basic wireless configuration require Basic Wireless Settings and Wireless Security Tab. Under Basic Wireless Settings you will have many option to tune your wireless capability.
- Wireless Network Mode
- Wireless Network Name(SSID)
- Wireless Channel
- Wireless SSID Broadcast
- Wireless Network Mode:
There are four option that you can select.
- Disabled
- B-Only
- G-Only
- Mixed
The best and the default option is "Mixed".
2. Wireless Network Name(SSID):
This can be anything of your choice(ex:myhome,jackhome etc). Whenever you search for any wireless signal in your laptop or computer you will see this name.
3. Wireless Channel:
There are 11 different channels that you can choose. Out of 11 there are three better channels that you can use 1,6 and 11. Because this three channels are non overlapping channels. This three channel will have less interference.The default option is 6
4. Wireless SSID Broadcast:
There are two options available they are enable and disable. For basic wireless router configuration it is recommended to be in enable. the default option is also enable
Click "Save Settings" to save the changes.
Wireless Security
This feature allows you to enable security for your wireless signal. There are 4 basic security that can be used without any additional resources.They are
- Disabled
- Wep
- WPA personal
- WPA2 Personal
Apart from this there are some other option that requires a radius server they are
- RADIUS
- WPA EnterPrise
- WPA2 Enterprise
Select any of the security option. If wep is selected then you will be prompted to type a passphrase and then you will have a generate button click on that then it will display four ten digit keys. Make a note of that ten digit number.So that whenever you connect with your signal you can use this ten digit number to authenticate the signal.
WPA:
If your option is WPA then you will have an option to type a passphrase(minimum 8 character).The same eight digit key will be your password. Use the password to connect with your signal from your laptop/computer.
WPA2 Personal
It is same as WPA personal but the difference is compare to WPA personal this have a stronger encryption algorithm.
Frequently Asked Questions:
A)How should I find what type of connection is mine?
1)Under Direct connection find the Ip address using the step 1. If you are finding an ip address under ethernet adapter local area connection other than 0.0.0.0,169.254.x.x or 192.168.x.x (ex:72.x.x.x,123.x.x.x) then you are connection is cable.
2)If you are having an Ip address under PPPoE adapter then it is a DSL connection in Bridge Mode.
3)If you are having an Ip address like 192.168.1.x,192.168.2.x,10.x.x.x,172.161.x.x then it is also a DSL connection in NAT mode.
B)I am getting an ip address in Status page but still I am not online.
1)Turn off the power to the router then to the modem. wait for approximately 30Secs.
2)Turn on the power to the modem first and wait for the modem to settle(ie wait for all the lights to lit up except the data light.)
3)Turn on the power to the router then wait for the power light to get solid. Once it is solid then you will get a Data light in the modem.
4)Check if you are online, you should be online.
C)Still I am not online after trying power cycle.
1) In the command prompt type ping 4.2.2.1 and check if you are getting four replies
C:\Users\KARTHICK MURUGAN>ping 4.2.2.1
Pinging 4.2.2.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=259ms TTL=55
Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=259ms TTL=55
Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=259ms TTL=55
Reply from 4.2.2.1: bytes=32 time=259ms TTL=55
Ping statistics for 4.2.2.1:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 259ms, Maximum = 259ms, Average = 259ms
If you are getting four replies then try to ping yahoo.com then you will get the following response.
PING RESPONSE COULD NOT FIND HOST
This shows issue with a DNS server. How to configure a DNS server to resolve this issue.
Start==>Search-->Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections-->Right Click on LocalAreaConnection--->(Click)on properties-->Click on Network Tab-->HighLight TCP/IP IPv4-->Click on properties-->Select "Use the following DNS server address"-->then type the primary and secondary DNS Server address.
Primary-->4.2.2.1
Secondary-->4.2.2.2
Then click ok.
Try to ping yahoo.com check if you are getting 4 replies then you will definitely online.
4)I am not able to ping 4.2.2.1
While pinging 4.2.2.1 if you are getting Request Timed Out then try restarting the computer. If it doesn't work then try disabling you antivirus then try to ping 4.2.2.1 you should get 4 replies.
5)I am getting Media Disconnected message when I try to find an Ip Address using step 1.
This is because the cable is not connected properly between the router and the computer. To check that you can check for the light on the port to which the computer is connected.If it is not glowing then secure the cable properly into the port.
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Karen.. Thank you so much for your comment. I am going to put a short video describing how to configure our linksys router with wireless secuirty. Hope that will be very helpful for everyone who uses Linksys.
Nice hub!
Sherlynavia.. Thank you so much for your comment.
sir...ask something....what if the user name and pssword admin is not valid?.....i can't configure my router.....help me pls sir....
Dear Jhay,
Thank you so much for visiting my hub. To answer your query, if you default username and password(admin) is not working then you can reset your router to its default username and password by pressing the reset button on the rear side of the router for 30secs. Then power off your router and power it on. Now try to login to the router with default usernam and password(admin), it will work.
Thanks
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Thanks for this hub karthickjck, I've been unable to get the wireless security to work with my other computer and Playstation3 for a while now, I'll definitely try it again on your advice!
Also, I hope that wasn't your real IP address that you included up there with your ping information, as that would make hackers able to get to your network, log in ot he router and do all manner of bad things!
Couple of crevats:
WPA/WPA2 Passkey.. I certianly would not use a phrase like "MyRouter" as it would be hacked within 5 mins using some simple hack tools. I would use a 64 or 63 character random hexadecimal/Ascii password. There is a handy generator here: https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm
Also if your Linksys router is a WRT54G/S/L and the version numbers allow it (check the bottom) I would put the tomato firmware on it instead of the crappy Linksys one. It has way more features and IMO is easier to use. http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato
Also while talking about firmware, if you want a more advanced one that will do stuff that a more expensive router will do (IPv6, and a whole host of other stuff) get DDT-wrt
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/
Have fun!
Nice It helped me alot to configure my router...Thanks
nice hub, i will be needing it...
thanks you, helpme a lot.Have a nice day always.
That's an awesome tutorial! Wish I had it at hand when first configuring Linksys.
Hi Charlemont..
Thank you so much for visiting my hub..
Hello Karth,
Thank you very much for you explanations..I have configured the router, but I still have a problem and don't know how to solve it. Eventhough I have reset the modem for 30 sec, I still can't load the page for router configuration. Can you please let me know if the problem might be connected with disabling "Wireless Network connection" ? Do I need to disable it on order to access the linksys page? Another question is : I want to change the settings of the router a secind time, because the sales person guaranteed wireless connection in a 3 floor house, but after I have configured the router I only have connection to the network on the 1st floor of the house..On the third floor I can see the network but hadrly connect to it..Can you please advise what can I do about settings or maybe other ways of configuring the router ?
Thank you very much in advance !
Thank you, I really needed this. :)
Hi Evata,
Thank you so much for visting my hub. There are few possibilites because of which you may not able to able to access your setup page.
1)The ip address used to access the setup page.(default is 192.168.1.1).
But it can be changed to different one.So make sure you are using the right one. Find the ip address as advised in the hub. Default gateway is the ip address of the router.
2) Browser issue.
Clear the browser temporary files. Open IE hit "ALT+T" which will open Tools menu in your Internet Explorer(IE).Click "Delete Cookies" and "Delete Files".
3) Firmware Issue.
Firmware is a software for your router to work. If firmware goes bad then you will not able to access the router page.You need to upgarde the firmware using TFTP server. Goto Linksys website download TFTP server software and the firmware for the router(Make sure you are downloading for the right version Ex:WRT54G V5). Once it is downloaded run the TFTP server software. It will prompt for server Ip address, username & password. Fill server IP:192.168.1.1, Username:admin Password:admin(all the values mentioned here are defult).There will be an option to select the file. Click the buttion and select the firmware to upgraded" then click upgrade. Once it is upgraded. Reset the router for 1 minute.Power down and power on the router. Then try to access the page.
Thanks
Karthick Murugan
Great info Karth. I'm trying to get my wife's business set up but I have a minor problem. The linksys wireless B configuration is as follows: PC (wife's) wired to router, router wired to internet. 2 wiireless PCs 'connected' to the linksys network. Both of the wirelss PCs can see the network, the internet and my wife's PC. However, my wife's PC cannot see the two wireless PCs. What setting am I missing?
Thanks,
Joe
Nice hub. Thank you for the information. Please visit my hubs when you have a chance.
thanks for this very informative post... very useful and i will give this a try!!!
Apparently, this hub is needed by those who have Linksys routers. I have a friend (an experienced electrical engineer and software designer) who had one and just gave up on it. He said he packed it back up in a box and just got another router.
Hi Joe,
I am very sorry for the dely in replying.. To check if two PCs are in same network, follow the steps below.
1) Find the Ip address of the your wife's PC
2) Goto the wireless computer find the ip address of it.
3) From your wife PC try to ping the Wireless Computer IP.(See the response).
4) From the wireless PC try to ping your wife PC's IP(See the response).
Responses may be the following.
1) Request Timed Out:It means the firewall is blocking the traffic between the PCS.Disable the firewall and try it out.
2) Destination net unreachable.It means the wireless computer is not connected to your wireless router but to someother router.
3) Success:It means both computer are perfectly in a same network.
Thanks for visiting my hub..
This article is very helpful to me
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Hi Sir,
Last one month ago we purchase a linkesys router we want to configure with my local network we have 30 computers and 4 notebooks. We want to configure with only notebooks what can we do.
We have a domain server and gateway server. Our internet is base on ISA 2006 with gateway server and our IP scheme 172.16.0.1 to 172.16.0.254 in which 172.16.0.1 IP of gateway machine, 172.16.0.2 for domain server and other all IP for client machine.
The problem is this router IP is 192.168.1.1 and IP scheme is 172.16.0.1.
I can change the IP of router but this working is hope less for example 172.16.0.100 of our router IP address (I can change it ) the notebook is shows linksys is connected but internet is not working.
What can we do please help me out I shell be very thankful to u. I am waiting your earlier reply.
Thanks
Ayesha Butt
System Administrator
LoopTex
Hi Ayesha,
All steps that you have taken are correct. But you need to change the subnet inside the router as well.
Kindly, revert back for any further clarification.
Thanks
Hi Ayesha,
All steps that you have taken are correct. But you need to change the subnet inside the router as well.
Kindly, revert back for any further clarification.
Thanks
I just moved and needed help with this, thanks for the advice!
How to Configure Linksys Wireless Router
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I do steps f) and g) like below....
f)Open an Internet explorer and in the address bar type http://192.168.1.1 and then hit enter
g)It will prompt for an username an password. After typing in the username(admin) and password(admin).Click the "OK".
On the prompt under step g) it says "Warning: This server is requesting that your username and password be sent in an insecure manner (basic authentication without a secure connection)."
I type in admin and admin for the username and password but it says "401 Unauthorized, Authorization required. I get no blue Setup page called Linksys Setup page.
Can you help!
Great article, thanks for the advice my friend!
Thanks for visiting my hub.. my friend
Hi Dave..
Try hard reset once.. if it doesn't help then it is firmware issue.. Follow the procedure mentioned above..
Hey Dude...great tutorial, I've a old Linksys router and tried many things to make it work. It did only after I followed ur instructions. Thanks much
I'm trying to add a client computer to my company linksys router network. In the router setup menu, I see a table with 20 MAC addresses listed. Do I add my MAC to that list? It appears that the prohibit:option above it is selected, not the "allow." Or, do I enter my MAC on the further submenu/page which provides a table of active clients and asks if I wish to turn on MAC filtering for them. Finally, do I need to enter my client computer's IP somewhere in setup, or will the router assign an IP automatically once it recognizes my MAC address in the proper list? Thanks.
Hi Sunil,
Thanks for visiting my hub.. I am very glad that it worked.. Cheers.
Hi Steve,
It seems that Mac-Filter option is enabled and is configured in such a way not to allow the computers with mac-address listed to access the internet.So there is no need to enter your PC mac-address in the list.
Hope it answered your question.
Thanks
Hello dear,
very nice and useful webpage i like and apperciated you all helps with the people,
dear if possible tell me two things in the Linksys one is how can i change the language in the linksys and the second is how can i block some sites if it is possible plz let me know i will be very happy
best regards
zia momand from afghanistan
Hi Zia,
To answer you first question.
In your browser try opening the page http://192.168.1.1/language.htm then try selecting the language you prefer. It may ask for a language pack.Insert your setup CD and in the CD look for the folder Language and select the appropriate language pack.
(ii)How to block certain website.
Answer:Goto http://192.168.1.1 Enter your username and password. When you are in the setup page.Click on the tab called "Access Restrictions".In that page you will have options to block the websites by URL and Keywords.
Hope I answered your question. Thanks for visiting my hub.
thanks alot for the online instruction cos i need it badly for a job
Thank you!How much I suffered it with this.Mainly with the encryption.A neighbour joined steadily onto the network.
Thaaaanks a lot. The usual problem with linksys.... Great design (N610). A nightmare to setup. LELA did not help but you did thanks
Thank you very much excellent painless support. I am able to set up my wireless router just like that!!!! awsome man!!! Glad to have person like you in this world.
Much much appreciated....
wow .... this is awesome hub .... very nicely explained ... very informative ..... well written ..... keep up the good work ..... god bless u ......
hi good day I have Linksys router which I have configuredfor my internet but it can't sent the internet through the nework
my e-mail address is bmirekuayeh@yahoo.com
Thanks
Hi Karthickjk,
Apparently you are doing an excellent job here helping people out. So I was wondering if you could help me with the following issue, which I also posted over at the Linksys Forum (http://twurl.nl/dsfziq):
I have a WRT160N router + WUSB300N adapter installed on my desktop computer. Problem is that my internet connection drops continuously. Eventhough I have a perfect wireless connection with the router. And even when I hookup my pc directly to the router with a LAN-cable.
The only thing that works is restoring the connection through the Linksys EasyLink Advisor. Only to drop again after 15 minutes or so.
I have reinstalled the router & adapter a dozen of times, literally... (using the Linksys setup wizard)
I turned of Norton entirelly for a while... (just to make sure it didn't have anything to do with the firewall)
I get a Network Timeout when I try to acess http://192.168.1.1
So I'm totally out of ideas. Sometimes I experience similar difficulties with other devices (eg my laptop) that I connect wirelessly to the router. But less frequently & that can be solved by disconnecting & connecting again.
Thx in advance!
Hi Kornie..
Thanks for visiting my hub. To isolate this issue, you need to find if the communication is breaking between your router and computer or router and the internet. To find the same please do the following.
Click Start-->Run-->Type command and hit enter. You will get a command prompt. In that black window type.
ping 192.168.1.1 -t
then hit enter. You will get replies leave the black window minimized.
Now again open one more black window repeating the same(Start->run->command )
This time type ping 4.2.2.1 -t
Leave this window also minimized. Whenever you see disconnect, check the black windows. If you see "Request Timeout" from 192.168.1.1 then the communication is not happening between your router and computer. If you see "Request Timeout" from 4.2.2.1 then the commnucation is not happening between your router and internet.
1) If you have problem between the computer and router then try doing the same on the other computer. If the problem persist on the other computer also then it is a problem with your router you can try upgrading the firmware of the router. If the problem is only with a specific computer then try reinstalling the wireless adapter again.
2) If you have communication problem between the router and the internet then it is the problem with either your internet provider or router. To isolate this you need to connect the computer directly to the modem and try executing the ping as advised above. If the problem persists here as well then it is the problem with the modem else it is the problem with the router. Try upgrading the firmware of the router if you find the issue to be with the router.
Hope this solution should work
Thanks
Karthick Murugan
Hi Karthick,
Thank you for your help.
I've established that it must have been a problem with the router. Th first thing I did was power cycling as explained on the Linksys support site to set the router back to it's default settings. Then I manually configured the router and reinstalled the wireless adapter.
I haven't upgraded the firmware yet, as the connection seems stable for now and I'm not really sure how to do this. I have also hooked up my laptop and iPhone (but not simultaniously) and for the moment I also haven't experienced any problems there.
Just going to perform some further testing by connecting more devices at the same time, hoping I won't get back from where I started. :)
Thx again!
Very well written hub .....
very much informative ......
Thank you very much for your great hub, for good advice, good wishes and support. Thanks for sharing your experience with all of us.
Thanks Jonty for visting my hub and for your comment.
Karen LaVelle says:
14 months ago
I needed this last year when I first bought my linksys. I just plugged it in and hoped for the best. Needless to say, it is un-secured and when I asked a local tech about it he said I had to call linksys support to set it up correctly.
As it is, I guess everyone in my neighborhood within range is using my wireless internet. LOL. Do I uninstall it and re-install to get to the set up stuff?
Thanks for the hub and the directions. I just wish I had been able to find instructions like this when I needed them. Now I have them so I must find a way to remedy my securiety setup! =o)