"Rick Burton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
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> I'm a newbie, taking my first steps in setting up a wireless
> Internet network in my house. I've just bought a Belkin
> F5D7630-4A ADSL modem/router and I'm confused before I've even
> set it up!
>
> The manual talks about connecting the modem/router to the host
> PC with the supplied Ethernet (I think) cable in order to set up
> the system. My problem is that my PC doesn't have an Ethernet
> port. I know that I can buy a card to solve this but I had hoped
> to set the whole thing up wirelessly (I have a USB network
> adapter on the PC already). Is this possible?
>
> Can anyone 'ease my pain' and assure me I haven't done the wrong
> thing by buying this device? Any crumbs of comfort would be
> deeply appreciated.
>
You haven't done the wrong thing. Using the wireless connection to
set the router up means that if you make a mistake you may lose
contact with the router. If that happens, you would need to:
- do a hard reset of the router to get back to factory default
settings
- reconfigure the wireless adapter of your PC to the factory
settings to re-establish contact
- start again with your specific configuration settings
Which can be a PITA when you are trying to get 26-digit hex WEP
keys set up correctly. But it is do-able.
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