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Part III: Installing a Wireless Network
Figure 6-1:
The Linksys
Wireless-G
Access
Point Setup
Wizard.
b. From the Network and Sharing Center, click the View Status link.
A pop-up status window appears with all the information you need.
2. Run the setup software that accompanies the AP or device containing
your AP, like a wireless or Internet gateway.
The software probably starts when you insert its CD-ROM into the CD
drive. In many cases, this software detects your Internet settings, which
makes it much easier to configure the AP for Internet sharing and to configure
the first computer on the network. For example, Figure 6-1 shows
the Linksys Wireless-G Setup Wizard that accompanies the Linksys
WAP54G Wireless-G Access Point, which is a wireless gateway from
Linksys, a division of Cisco Systems, Inc.
If your computer is using Windows Vista, you will see a lot of security
dialog box pop-ups. The enhanced security in Vista asks for your permission
every time the installation software tries to do anything. As long
as you have administration rights on your user account, you can keep
saying yes to these security pop-ups and move through your AP setup.
Be sure to look at the top left of the pop-up window so you know when
you are saying yes to a security warning and when you are saying yes to
the install. Even though Vista dims the rest of the screen when a security
warning pops up, it is confusing with the number of pop-ups you can run
into. Just read the top left of the window and you will always know what
you are working in.
3. When you’re prompted by the setup software to connect the AP (see
Figure 6-2), unplug the network cable that connects the broadband
modem to your computer’s Ethernet port and plug this cable into the
Ethernet port that’s marked WAN or Modem on your network’s cable
or DSL router or Internet gateway.