New router setup

[Dawnwind]

Getting a new router soon, is setting it up as simple as hooking it up to the laptop I plan to use, going into the menu via the home menu IP and setting up the Wireless settings?

[Timmy Fox]

It should be, yes.
Ask of you have any issues

[Dawnwind]

This pleases me.

[Timmy Fox]

Hehe, yeah, most routers should work out of the box.. but you are strongly suggested to change/add a password and possibly change the name.

Well, all you do is connect it to any computer and enter the ip of the router (192.168.*.* the last 2 digits varies depending on brand and model), username is almost always "admin", password varies depending on brand and model as well, the most common ones are "admin", "adminpass", just a blank nothing or "password"... I suggest you look this up in the routers manual or google it.

Once in, you should be free to configure the router.

[Tweak]

The first and second group in the IP can vary depending on the router too. They aren't all "192.168.x.x".

[Timmy Fox]

The first and second group in the IP can vary depending on the router too. They aren't all "192.168.x.x".

True, but as far as I know, it's very rare to find a router using something else, at least for regular home usage... I may be wrong tho...
At least have I never heard of any such router made for home use using a different local IP, and I've configured several home routers by D-link, Linksys (Cisco), Thomson and SpeedTouch.

[Kyriin]

Tweak's right, most BigPond routers here are 10.0.0.138, like mine.
If you don't know the IP, go to the command prompt and type 'ipconfig' then enter, the 'Default Gateway' IP is the one you need to type into your web browser's address bar.
There's a way to do do it in terminal as well, I think it's 'ifconfig' but I'm too lazy to go get my laptop to see x3

[rsteele1113]

Actually, your IP address is supplied by your ISP.  There are 3 classes of IP addresses.  They range from 10.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255.  Within those, there is about 160 million different addresses that can be assigned by IANA (Internet Address Name Authority).  Class A and some of B are more for commercial and business use, and the rest of B and all of C are more for home use.  A really popular one in America is 192.168.x.x.  That's class C.  10.x.x.x is Class A and is very rare to find in homes, though not unheard of.  finally, school paid off!

[Tweak]

Not quite.

The external IP is supplied by your ISP. This won't generally be used to set up an internal network.

10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255, 172.16.0.0 – 172.31.255.255  and 192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.25 are NEVER given out by an ISP, they're reserved by IANA as internal IPs and can only be used inside a network, although the usage then is not restricted but you will never see the IP used externally.

The IPv4 range of addresses actually goes from 0.0.0.0 - 255.255.255.255 giving over 4 billion addresses.

Bar a few errors, a lot of what you said was correct.

[rsteele1113]

I guess I should read the books again, or sue the school ^^.  Lawlz, nothing I said was right.  I swear the book says that the IP's start at 10.0.0.0....but I'll take your word for it .  You're name's tweak, you surely know more than I.