Linksys WRT54GX manual Connecting the Wireless-G Broadband Router, Overview

Wireless-G Broadband Router with SRX

Chapter 4: Connecting the Wireless-G Broadband Router

Overview

This chapter includes two sets of instructions. If the Wireless-G Broadband Router will be the only router in your network, follow the instructions in “Hardware Installation for Connection to Your Broadband Modem.” If you want to install the Wireless-G Broadband Router behind another router in your network, follow the instructions in “Connecting One Router to Another.”

Hardware Installation for Connection to Your Broadband Modem

1.Power down your network devices.

2.Locate an optimum location for the Router. The best place for the Router is usually at the center of your wireless network, with line of sight to all of your mobile stations.

3.Fix the direction of the antennas. Try to place the Router in a position that will best cover your wireless network. Normally, the higher you place the antenna, the better the performance will be.

4.Connect a standard Ethernet network cable to the Router’s blue Internet port. Then, connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to your cable or DSL broadband modem.

5.Connect your network PCs or Ethernet devices to the Router’s yellow ports using standard Ethernet network cabling.

6.Connect the AC power adapter to the Router's Power port and the other end into an electrical outlet. Only use the power adapter supplied with the Router. Use of a different adapter may result in product damage.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you use the power adapter that is supplied with the Router.

Use of a different power adapter could damage the Router.

Now that the hardware installation is complete, proceed to “Chapter 5: Configuring the Wireless-G

Broadband Router,” for directions on using the Router’s Web-Based Utility to configure the Router’sFigure 4-1: The Router’s Ports settings for your network.

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Overview