I will be considering two scenarios for configuring an Access Point. The first is where you just have a plain-Jane Access Point. The other is where the Access Point has a wireless broadband router with either cable or DSL or dial-up modem built in.
Connecting two PCs using an Access point
To connect two PCs wirelessly using a simple Access point will need you to connect the Access Point to one of the system directly where you have the internet connection coming in. this PC should have a Network Interface Card(NIC). The other machine should have wireless PCI adapter. An RJ45 cable is provided with some of the available Access Points.
The steps are as follows:
Step 1: Switch off the PC and connect the RJ45 cable to the Network Interface Card of the PC.
Step 2: Connect the other side to the LAN port of the Access Point
Step 3: Power up the Access Point and make sure the LED indicates that everything is normal, as mentioned in the manual.
Step 4: Now power up the PC and get the LAN on the same IP range as the Access Point is. The default IP address of the Access Point will be mentioned in the quick setup guide on the CD. A typical IP is 192.168.1.1 and a corresponding subnet mask would be 255.255.255.0. If this is the IP of the Access Point, then give the LAN and IP something like 192.168.1.2, up to 254.
Step 5: Once the TCP/IP settings are configured, it is time to ping the Access Point to check whether everything is working properly.
Step 6: To ping, click Start > Run, and in the dialog box. Type in “ping < IP address of Access Point>”
Step 7: If the ping commands works successfully, launch your browser and type in http://<IP address of Access Point>, for example, http://192.168.1.1, in your browser address bar, and press [Enter].
Step 8: This will let you access the web server of the Access Point, which has an inbuilt utility that will let you configure the Access Point according to your need. From here, you can change the SSID, IP/Subnet mask and enable or disable wireless security.
Step 9: Do the necessary changes, and that’s it. The Access Point is configured.
Now, go to the other system, which has a PCI Wi-Fi card plugged in to it, and make the following changes.
Step 1: Switch off the system and plug in the PCI wireless card. Now turn on the system and let the card get detected by the system. Install the necessary device drivers and the configuration utility provided with the card. Restart the system to complete the installation process.
Step 2: Now launch Control Panel and go to “Network Connections”. The window that opens will display “Wireless Network Connections”. Right-click it, and click properties.
Step 3: Now scroll down to the TCP/IP connection, and click once on it to highlight it, and then click properties. This will open the TCP/IP dialog box. Here, you need to assign an IP to the wireless card with the first three metrics, which in our case is 192.168.1. This should remain the same, and the last one can be any number between 0 and 254, but not the same as the one already assigned to the Access Point and the first system’s LAN card.
Step 4: Click OK to close the dialog box, which will bring you back to the wireless Network connection properties. Again, here, click OK, and that’s it.
Step 5: This is the settings that are needed to get two PCs to connect wirelessly using a simple Access Point. Share a folder on the master system where the Access Point is connected, and try to access it from the client system- it should work.
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