Checking the connection to the router – Airlink RT210W User Manual

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Note: snap shots are for Windows 2000 and XP

Step 2

For Windows 98 and ME, Select
“

TCP/IP -> Your Ethernet

Adapter”, Click the

Properties

button. Go to step 4

For Windows 2000 and XP, click
the

Properties button in the Local

Area Connection Status window.

Step 3

For Windows 2000 and XP only,

Make sure the

Internet Protocol (TCP/

IP) is checked and highlighted in the
Local Area Connection Properties
window. Click the

Properties button.

Step 4

For Windows 98 and ME, select
Obtain an IP address automatically
in the

TCP/IP properties window.

For Window 2000 and XP, select
Obtain an IP address automatically
and

Obtain an DNS server address

automatically in the Internet protocol
(TCP/IP) properties window.

Step 5

Click the

OK button and restart the computer.

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If you choose to manage the router via a wireless client, please also check the
following:

Make sure your PC is equipped with 802.11g or 802.11b wireless adapter and
has appropriate WLAN card driver / utility and TCP/IP installed.

Set the wireless adapter to use appropriate TCP/IP settings as described in
previous section

Launch the wireless adapter’s provided utility and verify that your wireless
client is configured with these settings:

•

Operation Mode: Infrastructure

•

SSID: 11g AP

•

Authentication: Open

•

WEP Mode: Disabled

Checking the Connection to the Router

After configuring the TCP/IP protocol, you can use the

ping command to verify

if your LAN/Wireless computer has successfully connected to the router.

To execute ping command, open the DOS window by clicking on
Start -> Run. In the Run window, type

Command.

At the DOS prompt, type

the following command:

ping 192.168.1.1

If the Command window returns something similar to the following:

Reply from 192.168.1.1 bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=253

Then the connection between the router and your computer has been
successfully established. If the computer fails to connect to the router, the
Command window will return the following:

Request time out

Veryfy your computer's network settings are correct and check the cable
connection between the router and the computer.