Wireless Internet

[Eilonnwy]

I have a netgear router, and they aren't expensive at all. Essentially, in order to get a wireless signal going you need a modem and a router. You basically set up the modem to have some internets and then instead of hooking it up to the PC you hook it up to the router. The router will then have a wirless signal and then my netgear model also lets you hook up multiple ethernet cables so you can have up to 4 computers connected to the internet by ethernet and also boosts wireless signal as well.

In order to protect the wireless you need to log into the router through a computer connected to the router and then you type in your ip address to the web browser and it goes to the router control panel. From there you can set an admin password and mess with the wireless settings to add security to the signal.

If you don't know your IP, and I can never remember mine, just go to the start button on your computer and select run>cmd and type in ipconfig. Pick the IP that ends in .1 and type it into the browser.

If you have a desktop that you want to have connect wirelessly and don't don't have wireless capabilities already you can purchase a cheap wireless card that connects via USB port.

That's how I connect via wirelessly and it works for me.