How to Install Wireless Router? Easy Step by Step Installation Instructions

The first preparation is ensuring you have everything you need. There should be some wireless router instructions in the box that will tell you what was supposed to come with your wireless router.

If you can’t find that wireless router manual, look on the CD that came with the router. It is inside the box. Print them out, or read them that wireless router instructions on your computer.

Now we go for the next step in wireless router installation. Place your wireless router in the location between ISP’s modem and PC. This position will make your wireless router to get internet signal, then you can connect your laptop to internet with wireless signal broadcasted by wireless router.

Look at the back of your wireless router. You should see four ports and one other port. The 4 ports are to connect to the Internet with cabling. The other port is for accepting internet connection from your ISP. This is called the WAN or Internet port.

Now it’s the time to unplug phone cord cable from rear of your computer and connect it directly into WAN port.

You need to see the IP address of your router at the bottom of it. There you will find an IP Address, your login and your password. An IP Address is your internet address marked by 4 spaces number like: 192.168.1.1.

Link ethernet cable to your computer port, at the other end, you should put it in to ethernet port of your router. It doesn’t matter if you use a desktop or laptop. Most wireless router is accompanied by an ethernet cable. If it is not, you need to buy one, it is cheap by the way.

We are finished with hardware and cable arrangement, now it is time to do software and IP address arrangement.

Now launch your browser, and type the IP address into the address bar. You will be prompted username and password. Supply with the proper username and password. Then you will get in.

The final step is running wireless setup wizard to finalize your router configuration automatically. Now just test the wireless connection with your laptop. Check your email, browse internet, if it is OK then you are finished. If you can’t, you’ll have to do some troubleshooting or run wireless setup wizard once again.

If you can not connect to internet, check once again the router instructions, perhaps you missed something . If you still can’t solve the problem, call the manufacturer’s technical support line. Their support will guide you by providing step by steps installation.