How to setup a wireless home network - section 7
Connecting the home network to the internet
Now let's try to connect the home network to the internet.
In most cases ISPs (Internet Service Providers, like Verizon, AT&T, AOL,
Earthlink) connect the device connected to the modem directly - just plug the
network cable and turn the modem on. However some ISPs require the user to
dialup for the broadband (DSL, Cable, etc) connection. If up until now, you had
to initiate the internet connection from you computer (with username and
password), you will now have to configure the wireless router perform this
dialup and initiate the connection to the internet. Again, this is not the
common case, but if it is you will have to get the dialing information from your
ISP and configure the router with it. We will assume here that dialing is
not needed.
Turn off (unplug the power) both the modem and the router. Using a network
cable, connect the LAN port of the modem to the WAN port of the router. Power up
the modem and after a while (wait 2 minutes for the first time), turn on also
the router. After some time you should be able to browse the internet from any
computer connected to the router, either with a network cable or with wireless
connection.
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