by Dr Raph Azrin

Created on: September 15, 2009

Routers are also commonly known as gateways and setting up one is easy peasy to a geek but to the layman, it's a little bit more hectic when you need to know the settings. There are 3 kinds of routers commonly known to the end user, an ADSL router where it's connected to the phone line, a Cable Modem Router and a Wireless Router. Older generations also include the dial up modem routers and ISDN ones. Today we look into setting up the 3 common known ones, as opposed to the geeky CISCO or other routers which requires alot of knowledge. WiMAX modem routers are more typically plug and play but proprietary to the Operator.

The most easiest of them all are setting up a CABLE MODEM ROUTER which means get connected to your cable tv network. Motorola is the leading DOCSIS Modem Manufacturer with DOCSIS 3.0 standards in place, allowing fast ethernet connection up to 100Mbps (Mega Bit per second) It's commonly set up with the router connected to the modem which connects to the CATV network. Unless it's an integrated one, there will be one RJ45 Lan Ethernet cable connected from the router to the modem and the Cable TV connection.

We are assuming that the access to the router will be either Ethernet RJ45 or WiFi. To access the router, we must know the IP address of the router *(Linksys,AzTech,D-Link,USRobotics,Motorola,HuaWei etc). To find out your ip address, go to the dos prompt by start->run-> CMD

After we get the dosprompt, enter ROUTE PRINT which will show the gateway IP. NORMALLY it will be 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 . In certain times, the IP address will faill, which means that the boot strap is having issues. A hard reset will do the trick, otherwise refer to the manual. To logon, the username would be admin or administrator or root with password of blank, admin, administrator or root. Alcatel modems will show the master logon password on the label of the modem near the serial number. Otherwise, refer to the manuals of the manufacturer.

In a Cable Modem Router system, there should be NO NEED OF A USERID and PASSWORD to access the network, unless stated by the ISP. It's simply plug and play. To setup the WIFI, please go to the tab where it says WIFI SECURITY and set a channel where unused by the neighbours such as 13. WEP Key is useful to deter someone from leeching on your network. A good password would be the simplest, like your phone number as it needs 10 hex key (0123456789ABCDEF) so some uses would be A1B2C3D4E5 or similar. REMEMBER THAT KEY as that

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