Wireless network

Want to network 4PCs (with wireless router). Server and 3 clients. All running Windows XP. Need help. How to do it. Use cable modem. Wireless router is Netgear.
Thanks

Well need to have 4 Wireless PCI Cards. On the router (check the manual for default log in and IP) you need to set your wireless conecction up, like your SSID, Security, etc etc. There you can set all the network's properties, just go through each option, configuring each one as you like.

Then on each of the 4 PC's, Right Click on the wireless connection icon and click 'View Wireless Networks'. You should see your's there, just hit connect, and enter any security info.

Job done.


Regards

Hong

How to connect modem-router-server???

OK, connect to cat 5 from your modem to your WAN Port on the router, and connect a cat5 from your server nic to any LAN port.

Once you find out your router's default IP address, just configure your server nic to sit on the same network, i.e if your router is 192.168.1.1 on the default class C subnet of 255.255.255.0, then set your server nic to 192.168.1.x / 255.255.255.0 where x can be any number between 2 and 254.

Then open up a browser, and type http://192.168.1.1 and hit go. Enter your credentials and you should be good to go.

Hong

Thanks a lot Hong. And the last q:
may I connect one PC with wire to router and one with wireless network card, I have to install wireless card on all PCs.
Thank you

Yes, you can. You can switch between a wireless and a wired connection. If any of the computers have a wired network card, you can use the LAN ports on the back of the router. I recommend that you at least have one wired computer anyway especially if you have to troubleshoot wireless connections.

hi ecross. Thank you for fast respond. Where I can find more about wireless network.

Not sure what you mean MikeKea.

I am after web about wireless network-good tutorial

If there are any questions or problems you have, please don't hesistate to ask. These websites have good information which I beleive you will find useful.

http://www.practicallynetworked.com

http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1428