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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 598962" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>To reiterate what the others have said a little more clearly.</p><p></p><p>This will not be set up in any preferences on your Mac.</p><p></p><p>It will not be set up via any preferences in Control Panel in Windows.</p><p></p><p>You will need to open a browser, any browser, in Windows, or in OS X and in the address bar, enter the address of your router. The router's address will look something like ... 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 etc...</p><p></p><p>Dig out the directions that came with the router and it will give you it's default address and the default password to log in to it. You'll need both of these to log on to the router. If you do not have the owner's manual any longer - go <strong><a href="http://www.zoom.com/documentation/adsl/5590CF_UserGuide_Eng.pdf" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</p><p></p><p>Once logged onto the router, you will:</p><p>1) Change the password from the default so that your neighbors will not have access to it.</p><p></p><p>2) Go to it's wireless settings tab, and change the name of the network of the router.</p><p>Some routers will have a Wizard to walk you thru these steps, some will not.</p><p></p><p>3) Set up either WEP or WPA encryption on this network. Use WPA2, it is available on your router. It is the stronger of the two.</p><p></p><p>3) You will also set up an encryption key that must be put into any computer in order to access this network. Write it down, make sure you write it down correctly.</p><p></p><p>4) Hit the Save Changes button on the router and then close the browser window.</p><p></p><p>5) Go to your Mac and open System Preferences - Network - Airport - Advanced - and in that Preferred Network box you will enter the network along with the encryption key you set up.</p><p></p><p>And if you're windows machine is up and running, and you really can't wrap your head around doing the above, install the software that came with the router on your Win machine - it should walk you thru the whole process.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 598962, member: 24160"] To reiterate what the others have said a little more clearly. This will not be set up in any preferences on your Mac. It will not be set up via any preferences in Control Panel in Windows. You will need to open a browser, any browser, in Windows, or in OS X and in the address bar, enter the address of your router. The router's address will look something like ... 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 etc... Dig out the directions that came with the router and it will give you it's default address and the default password to log in to it. You'll need both of these to log on to the router. If you do not have the owner's manual any longer - go [B][URL="http://www.zoom.com/documentation/adsl/5590CF_UserGuide_Eng.pdf"]here[/URL][/B]. Once logged onto the router, you will: 1) Change the password from the default so that your neighbors will not have access to it. 2) Go to it's wireless settings tab, and change the name of the network of the router. Some routers will have a Wizard to walk you thru these steps, some will not. 3) Set up either WEP or WPA encryption on this network. Use WPA2, it is available on your router. It is the stronger of the two. 3) You will also set up an encryption key that must be put into any computer in order to access this network. Write it down, make sure you write it down correctly. 4) Hit the Save Changes button on the router and then close the browser window. 5) Go to your Mac and open System Preferences - Network - Airport - Advanced - and in that Preferred Network box you will enter the network along with the encryption key you set up. And if you're windows machine is up and running, and you really can't wrap your head around doing the above, install the software that came with the router on your Win machine - it should walk you thru the whole process. [/QUOTE]
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