Steps TO SETUP A PASSWORD ON A LINKSYS ROUTER

Linksys router password is always "admin". Have you ever try to change the password? Nope? I recommend you to change it. All the Linksys networking devices has default password "admin". If you haven't try to change the password it may happen that someone can access the linksys router's setup page and change the setup without even noticing it. They can connect wirelessly to your router and they can configure the router the way they want it.
So, how do we change the linksys router password? It's just simple! It will take you 3 minutes to do that. Just follow this steps:
Access the router's setup page. Don't know how to access router's setup page?Go to my article : HOW TO ACCESS LINKSYS ROUTER'S SETUP PAGE?Go to "ADMINISTRATION" tab.Go to "MANAGEMENT" sub-tab.On the "ROUTER PASSWORD" textbox, type your own or your preferred password. This will serve as your router's password from now on.On the "RE-ENTER TO CONFIRM" textbox, type again our own or your preferred password.And, click "SAVE SETTINGS" button.
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HOW TO CONNECT YOUR LINKSYS ROUTER to your MODEM?

By aventus · June 18, 2009 · · 2,388 Views You have just bought a linksys router(e.g. WRT54G, WRT54GS,BEFSR41, etc.) and you want it to connect to your modem. How can you do that? It's simple! Connecting linksys router to your modem will just take 2 minutes of your time! Just follow this steps: Using an Ethernet cable, connect one end to the Ethernet port of your modem and the other end to the "Internet"/WAN of the Linksys router. (NOTE:Look at the back of the router, there is a label named "INTERNET" port.)Using another Ethernet cable, connect one end to one of the Ethernet/LAN ports of the Linksys router and the other end to the Ethernet/LAN port of your PC. (NOTE: At the back of the Linksys router, there are numbered ports like 1,2,3,4. Those are the Ethernet ports)Make sure the power adapter of your router is plugged to a power outlet.Filed in: Help
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CHECK IF SOMEONE IS ACCESSING MY INTERNET CONNECTION

All of the laptops manufactured these days have built-in wireless adapter/wi-fi. Most of the people these days have their own wireless adapter or router connected to their desktops. Don't you know that they can connect to someone else's network wirelessly?

If you do have wireless router, gateway or other wireless networking devices (ex. WRT54G-LINKSYS wireless router or WCG200 for gateway), don't you know that you can connect 21 wireless PCs to it? And if your router is not secured, don't you know that someone in your area having built-in Wi-Fi on their PCs can connect to your own network without even noticing it. Maybe you'll find one day that you are having slow internet connection because of too many users doing multiple applications in your network. Or if you subscribe for fast internet connection to your ISP, maybe you'll might not even notice that you're not the only one connected to your internet.

Do you have Linksys router? You can check it on your router's setup page!

Here's the steps to check if there are other computers that you don't own are connected to your Linksys router without your permission.

1. Check your PC's/PCs MAC address. Write it down on a piece of paper. How to do that? Check my article: "HOW TO CHECK MY COMPUTER'S MAC ADDRESS".

NOTE: In Windows 2000 or XP, MAC address is the same with "Physical Address". In Windows 98 or lower version, it is called "Network Address".

2. Access router's set-up page. If you do have Linksys router and don't know how to do that, go to my article: "HOW TO ACCESS LINKSYS ROUTER'S SET-UP PAGE".

3. Go to "Wireless" tab.

4. Under "Wireless" tab, go to "Wireless Network access" or "Wireless MAC Filter".

5. Click "Edit MAC Filter List"

6. You will see "Wireless MAC Client" window. On this window, you will see "ACTIVE PC" option. Listed here is the MAC Address connected to your router. Now, match the MAC address of your PC from the MAC addresses listed there. Did you see MAC address that does not belong to your PC/PCs? That may be someone else's PC. Then, try to enable MAC filter. Do you know how to enable MAC filter? Go to my article: "HOW TO SETUP WIRELESS MAC FILTER ON A LINKSYS ROUTER?".

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Easy WayTO TROUBLESHOOT LINKSYS ROUTERS FOR DSL ISP?

Many people experienced problem in their router after their router was turned off. Upon turning on the router, the computer, and open your browser, what you've got is "Page Cannot Be Displayed" message.

What you do is you try to type again the web address (URL) . But upon trying that for several times, you tried to visit another site, and what you get is the same screen, "Page Cannot be Displayed". Oh no, you don't have internet connection! What most people do after seeing this message is they contact their ISP (Internet Service Provider). That a great idea! But contacting ISP is not that too easy! You are on queue of thousands of people trying to reach the ISP's technical support dept.! You wait for 30 minutes, 1 hour or 2 hours. You are now losing your patient for waiting on the line and hearing those irritating background music. After waiting, you finally got the tech support agent. You burst out your feeling and you can't help yourself from getting angry. But what happened is, the tech supp agent hanged up. Oh, gosh! This is what you get after experiencing the problem and waiting on the phone! You are now very aggravated! You almost throw your phone and kick off your computer! I think you better try this step by step procedures first before calling your ISP. This is proven to work for DSL ISP. Try this steps and you'll find how easy it is troubleshoot your own Linksys routerwithout calling your ISP. 1. Check the cable connection. Make sure that the modem is connected to the "internet port" on the back of the router. And make sure that the PC is connected to one of the ethernet ports on the back of the linksys router. 2. If cable connections are good, turn off the PC and if it is already off, turn off the router and then the modem. Wait for 2-5 mins. Then turn on the modem and if all the lights on the modem are steady, turn on the Linksys router, after the Linksys router 3. Check if you have valid IP address. it should be 192.168.1.x. 4. If still you don't have internet, log on the router's setup page. (don't know how? go to my article "HOW TO ACCESS LINKSYS ROUTER"S SETUP PAGE) 5. Go to the SETUP page. Configure PPPoe. The format is usually "username@isp.net" . The other is just username. For example : azumi@starhub.net. And then type your password given by your ISP. 6. Select "keep Alive" option. 7. Check STATUS tab. If status says "CONNECTED", you have internet now. If the status says "DISCONNECTED", click "CONNECT". Do that twice. If Internet IP address is 192.168.1.x, Change the router's LAN IP address in the SETUP page to 192.168.x.1. Then follow step 2.

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