Wotcha,
Looking at the destructions, you must first find out what IP's you are working with.
Connect your laptop wireless/wired (don't matter) to your router.
Step 1
Click
Start >
Run
Type
CMD and press enter - this will open up a command prompt.
Type
IPCONFIG and press enter. You will get this:
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In my example, I'm wired....yours might have Wireless adaptor XYZ or whatever if you are connected wirelessly.
Make a note of
Default Gateway (this is your router IP address) and the
subnet mask. In the picture above, I need:
Default Gateway (router):
192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask :
255.255.255.0
Step 2
Decide what IP address you want for the repeater.
You COULD use 192.168.0.
2 or 192.168.0.
3 BUT these low addesses will be given to other devices that connect first, like phones, laptops, etc....
You want to pick a nice high number, like 192.168.0.
200 or 192.168.0.201 You can go as high as 192.168.0.253 If you must. Using 192.168.0.200 would do me nicely.
Step 3
Your wireless key will be written on your router, usually. You also need to know what security it has (WEP, WPA, WPA2, WPA-TKIP, ETC).
If you are not sure of this, right click on the icon next to the clock an and select open network and sharing center (if you have Vista or Windows 7)... then properties for the connection, then wireless properties. It's here. If you are lucky, it's ON the router - have a play around.
Step 4
Turn the wireless off on your laptop. It might be a button or a switch - whatever.
Connect the ethernet cable FROM your laptop TO the wireless repeater.
If you have a firewall (third party stuff like zone alarm, Norton, McAfee) then disable it for a few hours, will save much headaches.
Step 5
Insert setup CD for repeater.
Step 6
6.3 - Manually assign the address we talked about earlier. In my example, it would be
Ip Address
192.168.0.200
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (this is the router)
6.4 - click Repeater mode and click next
6.5 - leave it as is, or give it a new name. This is the broadcast name of the repeater and what you will look for when conneting. I suggest BillyGoatIsAmazeBalls or somthing.
If you wish the change the default login details, do it here.
I don't bother - it's only a problem if you have people connected INSIDE your network that will f*ck around with things. People cannot connect EXTERNAL to your network to change this.
6.6 Select your wireless router (this is the BT one) -
it also tells you the encryption type in use. Make a note of this!!
6.7 Encryption should be pre shared key
Unicast cypher suite should be what was listed in 6.6 (WPA-TKIP for example)
Pre-Shared Key is your WIRELESS PASSWORD. This will be on the BT router or the card they give you.
6.8 - Click finish.
Step 7
Unplug the repeater and unplug the ethernet cable.
Move it a few meters away from the BT router and plug it back into the mains.
Turn on the wireless connection on your laptop again - it will automatically connect to your BT ROUTER.
click Start > RUN
Type CMD and press enter.
Type: PING 192.168.0.200 (whatever IP you gave the repeater earlier.... this was my example)
It should get a response back from the repeater with somthing like TTL 128 or whatever. This means it's working.
If it says no response, then you have more than liekly got encryption incorrect during set. Go back to start.....
Hope that helps....off to bed.
BG
