Wi-Fi hardware configurations

i want to set up a wi-fi network in my house. i am using a netgear wireless
router and a d-link wireless card for my XP notebook.

1. do you have to have the router physically connected to a pc or host
computer? or can it just be plugged in directly into the ethernet cable from
the wall?

2. If so, how do you set up the computer to share the internet connection?

3. On the laptop, i need to set up the Gateway:IP of router (192.168.0.1
) what is the gateway ip, and where do i set it up?

4. what is dhcp server?

5. subnet mask?

Thanks for any help!!!

Hello Mike,

You probably will want to talk to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and
maybe Netgear/DLink about how to answer #1 and #2 because I can't really
speculate as to what your ISP allows or the capabilities of the Router. It
is also unclear whether you are trying to set up the router in relation to
some sort of broadband connection, or just setting up a network internally
to your home.

Typically, however, a router is connected by an ethernet cable to a network.

A DHCP server leases IP addresses to clients that request them. This is
probably something that is on your ISPs end. Your router may be able to
accept an IP address from the ISP and also act as a DHCP server, assigning
private IP addresses on your home network (thus the router would be the only
device recieving an IP address from the ISP, but other machines could access
the internet through the router). In this case, the router would be serving
as a gateway to the internet. A gateway is typically a machine or router
that directs traffic from one network to a wide area network (such as the
internet).

A subnet mask is a value that is used to restrict the range of IP addresses
that a client can communicate with directly (without going through a
gateway/router).

These articles may help with some question you habe about what you are
trying to do, but I strongly encourage you to contact your ISP, Netgear and
DLink to make sure you are setting everything up correctly and that you are
in compliance with your ISP's rules.

How to Enable Wireless Automatic Configuration (I suspect this may be all
you need for the laptop)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314897

How to Enable Internet Connection Sharing (you may or may not need this at
all)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314066

--
Thanks,
Dan Pendarvis [MSFT]
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"mike" wrote in message
...
i want to set up a wi-fi network in my house. i am using a netgear
wireless
router and a d-link wireless card for my XP notebook.

1. do you have to have the router physically connected to a pc or host
computer? or can it just be plugged in directly into the ethernet cable
from
the wall?

2. If so, how do you set up the computer to share the internet connection?

3. On the laptop, i need to set up the Gateway:IP of router (192.168.0.1
) what is the gateway ip, and where do i set it up?

4. what is dhcp server?

5. subnet mask?

Thanks for any help!!!

Hi Dan,

Thanks for the info. I will take a look through it. I am trying to set up a
802.11b wireless connection so I can surf the web without using ethernet
cables.


"Dan Pendarvis [MSFT]" wrote in message
...
Hello Mike,

You probably will want to talk to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and
maybe Netgear/DLink about how to answer #1 and #2 because I can't really
speculate as to what your ISP allows or the capabilities of the Router. It
is also unclear whether you are trying to set up the router in relation to
some sort of broadband connection, or just setting up a network internally
to your home.

Typically, however, a router is connected by an ethernet cable to a
network.

A DHCP server leases IP addresses to clients that request them. This is
probably something that is on your ISPs end. Your router may be able to
accept an IP address from the ISP and also act as a DHCP server, assigning
private IP addresses on your home network (thus the router would be the
only
device recieving an IP address from the ISP, but other machines could
access
the internet through the router). In this case, the router would be
serving
as a gateway to the internet. A gateway is typically a machine or router
that directs traffic from one network to a wide area network (such as the
internet).

A subnet mask is a value that is used to restrict the range of IP
addresses
that a client can communicate with directly (without going through a
gateway/router).

These articles may help with some question you habe about what you are
trying to do, but I strongly encourage you to contact your ISP, Netgear
and
DLink to make sure you are setting everything up correctly and that you
are
in compliance with your ISP's rules.

How to Enable Wireless Automatic Configuration (I suspect this may be all
you need for the laptop)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314897

How to Enable Internet Connection Sharing (you may or may not need this at
all)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;314066

--
Thanks,
Dan Pendarvis [MSFT]
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.



This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
"mike" wrote in message
...
i want to set up a wi-fi network in my house. i am using a netgear
wireless
router and a d-link wireless card for my XP notebook.

1. do you have to have the router physically connected to a pc or host
computer? or can it just be plugged in directly into the ethernet cable
from
the wall?

2. If so, how do you set up the computer to share the internet
connection?

3. On the laptop, i need to set up the Gateway:IP of router (192.168.0.1
) what is the gateway ip, and where do i set it up?

4. what is dhcp server?

5. subnet mask?

Thanks for any help!!!