Wireless Router COnfiguration

These instructions are meant for residents of Palo Verde, Verano Place, Gabrielino, and
Santiago apartments.

Use the following checklist to ensure that your computer is configured correctly for use
in Palo Verde, Verano Place, Gabrielino, and Santiago apartments.

1. You should connect an ethernet cable from wall jack directly into the WAN port
on your router/access point.
2. We recommend that you have some kind of encryption enabled- at least WEP,
and preferably WPA or WPA2 which are far more secure than WEP.
3. We also recommend (for increased security) that you enable MAC filtering. This
feature allows you to identify which wireless cards the router will "speak" to, and
it can specify that your router ignore all other ethernet cards. This ensures that
only computers you approve of can use your access point. You can find your
MAC address by clicking Start -> Run, typing "cmd", clicking "Ok", and then
typing "ipconfig /all" in the console window that pops up. Your MAC address is
listed next to Physical Address. If you have more than one network adapter, such
as an ethernet and wireless, you probably have more than one MAC address.
Make sure to use the one from the wireless adapter.

IMPORTANT NOTE: ResNet advises against purchasing a wireless "router" and instead
recommends that residents purchase a wireless "access point". They are cheaper and
provide the same wireless access and security without complications such as Network
Address Translation (NAT), DHCP, and Layer 3 isolation. Please call us at 949-824-6375
if you have any questions!

The following is a guide to give you a general idea of how to configure your
router/access point. The guide uses a Linksys WRT54G as a basis.

Step 1 – Resetting

• Connect the power cord

• Unplug ALL Ethernet connections

• Hold down the reset button for at least

15 seconds
Step 2 – Cable Setup

• Connect your computer (PC or MAC)

to any one of the LAN ports, only
• Connect the Internet (WAN) Port to
ResNet

DO NOT connect the wall port to any port on

the Router yet!

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Step 3 – Accessing Router

• Open Internet Explorer (with the computer connected to the Router)

• Enter 192.168.1.1 into the Address Bar, push Enter
 • Leave the User Name field blank
• Under the password field enter “admin”
• Click “OK”

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Step 4 – Default Screen

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Step 5 – Setting a Password

IMPORTANT: Protect your Router from being tampered with by other residents by setting a password!
 • Click “Administration”
• Enter a desired password into the “Router Password” field
• Click “Save Settings”

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Step 6 – Configure Wireless SSID

 • Click “Wireless”
• Click “Basic Wireless Settings”
• Enter a desired name into the “Wireless Network Name (SSID)” field
• Write down your Wireless Network SSID, it will be used for later.
• Click “Save Settings”

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Step 7 – Configure Wireless WEP or WPA Security Key

You must secure your wireless network, failure to do so may result in disconnection by ResNet. We recommend that you use WPA
instead of WEP.
For WPA (recommended)

• Click “Wireless”
• Click “Wireless Security”
• Select “WPA Pre-Shared Key” in the “Security Mode” field
• Set the "WPA algorithm" to "TKIP"
 • Type in your WPA Shared Key. It should be between 8 and 32 characters- the longer the better.
Make sure it is something you can remember but that is hard to guess. You may want to write it
down, temporarily, so that you can remember it for when you configure your computer to connect
to the now-secure access point.
• Click “Save Settings”

For WEP:

• Click “Wireless”
• Click “Wireless Security”
• Select “WEP” in the “Security Mode” field
• Bubble “1” under the “Default Transmit Key” field
• Select “128 bits 26 hex digits”
• Enter a desired passphrase into the “Passphrase” field
• Click “Generate”
• Carefully write down the code generated in the “Key 1” field on paper, and store it in a safe
place. THIS IS YOUR WEP KEY, it will be needed later on.
• Click “Save Settings”

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Step 8 – Final Cable Setup

• Connect your computer (PC or MAC) to

any one of the LAN ports, only
• Connect the wall port to a WAN port on
your Router
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Connecting a Windows Computer Through Wireless

Step 9 – Go To Control Panel

• Click on the Start Menu, and click on Control Panel.

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Step 10– Switch to Classic View

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Step 11– Go to Network Connections

 • Find and double-click “Network Connections” to open up the list of connections that your
computer uses to connect to the internet.

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Step 12– Network Connections

 • Right click “Wireless Network Connection” and select “Properties”.

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Step 13– Wireless Network Connection Properties

 • Go to the “Wireless Networks” Tab

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Step 14– Adding a Wireless Profile

 • Check “Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings”, if it isn't already.
• Click “Add” to add a wireless profile.

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Step 15– Making a Profile
• Enter in the Network name (SSID). (It was your desired SSID from Step 6 ).
• Uncheck the box “The key is provided for me automatically”.
• Put in the “Key 1” code from Step 7 into “Network key” and “Confirm network key”.
• Push “OK”

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