How to enter the mood. Installation and connection of a home Wi-Fi router

Creating a wireless home network is the most adequate solution to the problem of Internet access from several devices at once. But before you put this idea into practice, you need to figure out how to connect the router to the computer.

Location of the router

Before you connect the router to a computer, you need to properly position it indoors so that the Wi-Fi signal covers the largest possible area. It is necessary to take into account many factors, up to the material of the walls and the characteristics of the environment, because the most unexpected object can become a hindrance: for example, an aquarium.

Often users put the router on the table near the monitor or put it on system unit. It’s impossible to call this arrangement absolutely right: on the one hand, the Wi Fi signal will be distributed indoors, but its quality and coverage area will not be of the highest level.

Try to place the router as high as possible and around the middle of the house. As an example, you can look at the optimal location of the router in the apartment:

If the house has two floors, then it is better to place the router something like this:

You can check the signal quality using a laptop or smartphone: the device is connected to the current wireless network, and you are in the hands of him moving around the rooms, determining where Wi-Fi works fine, and where it is bad.

Connection

Manufacturers of routers operate according to a single standard, according to which all ports are located on the rear panel of the router. The number of connectors may be different, but there is a classic scheme that occurs most often:

Connection is as follows:

After connecting, the most interesting begins - the router needs to be configured to go online and distribute Wi-Fi.

Router Setup

Almost all routers are initially configured to access the Internet via Dynamic IP, so if your provider uses this data transfer technology, you will not have to create a new connection. However, in any case, it is necessary to specify the operating parameters of the wireless network, so it will not be possible to do without the settings.

Network card settings

First of all, you need to connect the network card (if you have not already done so) and adjust its operation parameters. This can be done in the section “ Network connections", Which can be opened in two ways:

In the “Network Connections” window you need to find the established connection over the local network, right-click on it and select the “Properties” item.

The next step is to open the TCP / IPv4 Internet Protocol properties. Here you need to install automatic data acquisition for work in the network as shown in the screenshot.

After that, you can close all the windows and proceed to the configuration of the router itself.

Router web interface

The interface with the settings of the router is available through a browser at 192.168.0.1 (D-Link, NetGear) or 192.168.1.1. There may be other options, so it is better to clarify the IP address of the router in advance by its model. You can often find this information on a sticker that is located on the bottom of the network device case.

The procedure is as follows:

After that, the screen should display the web interface of the router through which further configuration is performed. Depending on the device model and firmware version, the interface looks different, but the configuration algorithm is always the same:

1. Create a new internet connection with the data provided by the provider.
2. Creating a wireless network with the choice of the name of the access point and authentication mode, as well as specifying a password.
3. Set up an interactive television if this service is provided by the provider.
4. Save device configuration.

Detailed configuration needs to be sought for each specific router model. If you need to customize local network   through wifi router, for example, to connect a laptop to a laptop, then you will also need to look for a separate manual.

The web interface does not open

Sometimes users are faced with the fact that the browser web interface does not open. If you have such a problem, follow these steps:

• Make sure the LAN cable is working and installed correctly.
• Check the network card settings. It may have the wrong IP address.
• Try manually setting the router's address in the TCP / IPv protocol properties.

Ping the router by exchanging a data packet with it. Open up command line   and write in it "ping 192.168.1.1" (depending on the address of the router).

If the packet exchange was successful, try to enter the settings of the router through another browser.

If the ping fails, check the firewall settings; you may need to configure Windows firewall or disable it temporarily if it denies access to the connected device.

If the web interface does not open due to an incorrectly entered password, reset the parameters of the router to the factory settings by clicking the "Reset" button on its case.

The last option is a browser check. It may not be working. Update your browser or reinstall it.

D-Link DIR-615. Setting up the most popular model of the router from D-Link - DIR-300, was considered in.

• How to enter the web interface of the router.
• Change password by default.
• Internet connection setup.
• Configure PPPoE connection.
• NAT when automatically obtaining an IP address (DHCP).
• Configure Wi-Fi on the router (WLAN).
• Check your internet connection.
• Save / restore settings of the router.

How to log into the web interface of the router

To get to the web interface of the router, open your Internet browser and in the address bar type: 192. 168.0.1. In the window that appears, enter Username — admin , Password – admin   (provided that the default settings on the router and its IP have not changed).

Change password by default

The default login is admin   iparol - admin. In the interface of the router, you must go to the " Manual Settingsand then select the tab « System".

In field "Password"   and « The confirmation"enter a new password. Then click the button Save. After the done actions, the router will offer to re-enter its settings.

Internet connection setup

In the web interface of the router, you must select the tab Manual Settingsand then select the tab "Network".

Configure PPPoE Connection

1. In the tab "Network"   press the button "Add".

2. Select connection type PPPoE

3. In paragraph "Ethernet"   Click Clone MAC.

4. In the field "Username"   enter your login under the contract with the provider.

5. In the field Password and Password Confirmation   enter the password from the contract.

NAT when automatically obtaining an IP address (DHCP)

1. In the tab "Network"   press the button   "Add".

2. Select connection type

3. In paragraph Ethernet click   clone mac.

Configure Wi-Fi on the router (WLAN)

In the web interface of the router you need to go to the tab “Wi-Fi Setup”then press the button "Further".

In the window « Basic settings":

1. Specify the ID SSID   Your wireless network (name or network name)

In the window « Security Settings":

1. Choose in the field « Network Authentication:   WPA2-PSK.

2. In the field « PSK encryption key   You must enter any character set, length from 8 to 63. Write them down so that you can specify them upon further connection to the network.

Checking Internet Connection Status

In the control panel of the router, you must select the tab Manual Settingsthen select the tab "Status".

Saving / restoring router settings

In the web interface of the router, select the tab Manual Settingsthen tab " Configuration.

In field   "Saving the current configuration"   click on “Save”   current settings of the router.

In field   "Restoring factory settings"   press the button   "Factory settings"   to restore the initial settings of the router.

The good old usual way of working with a computer is to run the required program on it and to perform the required work with it. But now this approach is being replaced by another one - to launch a service or application on the Internet, and not locally on your computer.

This is work with the help of the so-called “web-interface”, which is becoming more and more widespread. The time is not far off when working with the web interface will be more common than the local computer work that is still familiar to many.

Have you come across such expressions as “web mail interface” or “log in via web interface”? Many users have a question: what is it - the web interface? And is it possible to "try it on a tooth" for an ordinary person?

A web interface is a user's interaction with the website he needs via a browser.

In particular, the web-based e-mail interface is presented in the form of a regular web-site (, Google, Mail, etc.), which allows the user to work with the mailbox.

Of course, this interaction requires that the user's device (computer, tablet, smartphone) be connected to the Internet.

To log in via the web interface, you need

• open browser
• in the browser to find and open the desired site,
• enter your data on this site (username and password) to access the services and features on the site. That's all.

Consider specific examples. As you know, it is always easier and more understandable with them.

Web mail interface

Let's start with the mail, because everyone has email, and everyone periodically looks through their mailbox.

You can log into your mailbox in two ways:

1. via web interface,
2. using a special program called an email client (for example, Mozilla thunderbird, The Bat! And Microsoft Outlook).

Novice users usually use the first method.

Fig. 1 Go to Yandex.mail through the web interface

To access the web mail interface:

• open any browser
• go to the mail website (for example, go to Yandex, or Mail.ru, Google, Rambler, Yahoo),
• in a special form we enter our data (figures 1 and 2 in Fig. 1) to access our mail. Click "Login" (either of the two numbers 3 in Fig. 1).

In this special form, there are usually buttons

• "Registration" (or "Create a box" - figure 4 in Fig. 1) and
• "To come in".

Click “Register” to enter only if you need to create a new mail. If there is already mail, and a new mailbox is not required, then after entering the login and password, click on the "Login" button.

After that, the browser will load the main Web-page. mailbox. It will contain links to additional web pages that are designed for viewing incoming mail (number 1 in Fig. 2), for setting up mailbox settings (number 2 in Figure 2), and others.

Fig. 2 Type of mailbox on Mail after logging in via the web interface

Cloud Web Interface

There is a cloudy Yandex.Disk about which I wrote. You can work with it through the web interface or, in other words, online, with the Internet connected.

The second way to work with Yandex.Disk is to use a special application, in other words, a special program. To do this, the application must be downloaded and installed on your computer.

Not everyone likes without the special need to install additional programs, besides, users have limited space on the hard drive. For these reasons, many people use Yandex.Disk via the web interface. True, with this approach, "heavy" files will not be able to upload to Yandex.Disk. But in any matter there are pros and cons.

Everything written above can be fully attributed to the web interface.

Fig. 3 Go to the Cloud Mile ru via the web interface

The Cloud also has an application that can be installed on your computer. And you can work with the Cloud through the web interface. To do this, open the Clouds website in the browser (number 1 in Fig. 3), and then at the first visit, click on the "Registration" button. If you already have a username and password on Mail, then click on the "Login" button (figure 2 in Fig. 3).

How to enter the modem web interface

Fig. 4 Examples yota modem   and Megaphone modem

We will talk about modems similar to those shown in Figure 4. These are the modems of Yota, Megaphone, Beeline, MTS, etc. Others are not considered here.

To enter the modem's web interface, perform the same 3 steps:

• open any browser
• find a site that provides us with a modem (Yota, Megafon, Beeline, MTS),
• enter your details for authorization on the site (username and password). Usually they are entered in the "Personal Account" of the user on the site.

Suppose I have a Yota modem. In this case, the web interface of the modem is my personal account on the Yota website (Fig. 5).

• Click on the tab "Private customers" (number 1 in Fig. 5),
• and then click the “Profile” link (figure 2 in Fig. 5).
• Enter the username and password

after which you can control your modem. It is payment, choice and adjustment of speed and duration of work of the Yota modem, etc.

Fig. 5 go through the web interface modem Yota

If you have a Megaphone modem, then you should go to the Megaphone website. And there, when you first log in, you need to register, and for all subsequent visits to enter your username and password from your personal account on the Megaphone website. More about personal account   Megaphone look.

Web interface of the router

The web interface is also used to control various network devices, for example, to control routers. A router is a device designed to “propagate” the Internet, for example, within an apartment or office. During its initial connection, you need to enter special settings that are convenient to do using the web interface.

This is not done so easily, so that it can be described in one or two phrases. Therefore, I suggest that the interested reader see the article “How the provider made me reconfigure d-Link router"Where it is described in more detail. To do this, click on this link.

It is difficult to unambiguously express in words the feeling of success that comes after the successful configuration of such a device, when everything ends safely and the Internet is “distributed” to computers.

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