Hi
We have a small network here, our main pc is connected to the router and
three other pc's are wireless. We unsecured the networkd a while ago
because we could not get one of the wireless laptops to connect because we
needed some name or something and it was running under Vista, the other two
xp machines connected just fine. The Vista connection set up windows
differed from those of xp and we just could not get the correct info in to
enable it. Resetting solved the problem but now we would like to secure our
network again.
Your instructions are very good, I was just wondering can I do the securing
of the network on my laptop which is running wireless from the router or
does it have to be done through the maip pc that is connected to the router?
I only have Jaws on my laptop.
Appreciate any help
Graham
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Byrne" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Accessing Linksys Menus
If you forget the address, you can go to the DOS prompt and type in
ipconfig and the router address, as well as your computer address will be
displayed.
You access the linksys router by entering in the link
http://192.168.1.1
This assumes that nobody has changed the router address. If they have,
then you need to either know the new address, or do a hard reset on the
router by holding a point of a ballpoint pen or paperclip in on the reset
button for about thirty seconds.
If you reset the router in this way, the default router address is the
192.168.1.1 as I mentioned above. The password to enter the router setup
screen is admin.
When you enter the router setup screen, the first page that is displayed
has your settings to connnect the router to the internet. There are radio
buttons for cable, PPPOE (DSL), as well as some specialized settings for
services in Europe or Australia.
There are other screens which you might need. These are displayed as
links on the top of the page. For example, if you want wireless, you will
need to go to the wireless link and select the radio button to enable
wire.ess. You might also be able to choose what wireless standard you
want, B, G, or N or mixed. Unless all your devices are running the same
wireless protocol, select Mixed. If you are going to use a Braille
notetaker, some of them won't respond if you have a mixed network
including N, so you may need to select B/G mixed.
Once you open the wireless section, there is also a link to set up
wireless security. Unless you are in an extremely isolated area, you need
to have some security level set. Your choices are open (no security), WEP
or WPA/PSK. WEP is much weaker and can be pretty easily cracked. Choose
WPA and you will be able to enter a security password. Every computer or
anything else which logs into your network wirelessly will need to use
that password.
The other thing that I would set or change on your router is the
administrative password. This will prevent anybody from changing your
router's settings. Go into the administration link and change your
password to something other than the default of Admin.
Steve
Lansing, MI
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins"
<[email protected]>
To: "Jaws-Users-List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 10:20 AM
Subject: [JAWS-Users] Accessing Linksys Menus
My son has given me a wireless 4 port Linksys router. Since
I do not want a repeat of my catastrophe yesterday could
someone kindly send me step by step instructions as to how
to access the menu in the router and make the changes I want
to. Please include the IP address I need to use
thanks
Al
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