Want to set up your wireless router, but don’t know where to start? You’re not alone. The assortment of cables, ports, and other components stashed in your router leaves most people scratching their heads. Every router is different, and the specific steps for setting them up depend on your model. In most cases, the easiest thing to do is to follow the instructions that come with the device. But if you can’t find those instructions, or just don’t understand them, these general steps should help. They apply to most routers on the market today, and can also help if you’re trying to set up a used router.
This tutorial assumes you’re setting up a router to be the primary router in your home. We’re going to assume you have a modem — be it cable, fiber, or DSL — that is already set up and working properly. Finally, we’re going to assume you have a laptop with an Ethernet port, though a desktop computer that’s near your router could also work. With these caveats in mind, let’s get started.
Step 1: Connect your router to your modem
Don’t plug your router into the power outlet just yet. Instead, the first thing you’re going to do is connect your modem to the WAN port, with an Ethernet cable.
Not sure what the WAN port is? Most consumer routers feature a group of Ethernet ports, several of which are called the LAN ports (local area network) and another called the WAN (wide area network) port. The WAN port looks the same as the LAN ports, but it’s often a different color and spaced apart from them. In the above photo, for instance, the WAN port is yellow and labeled “Internet.” Sometimes it will be labeled “WAN.” This port is intended to connect your router to the modem, and the outside world from there. The LAN ports are intended for connecting to local devices.
Plug one Ethernet cable into your modem, and the other end into your router’s WAN port. Then plug your router’s power adapter into the wall.
Step 2: Download the app and connect
Give your router a minute to start up and create a network. In the meantime (if another connection option is available), download the app associated with your modem’s manufacturer. Today’s modems can typically be set up by a mobile app that will automatically walk you through the setup process. It’s the most effective method, but you have to make sure you choose the right app. Linksys has their own setup and management app. Netgear uses the Nighthawk app. Google has a setup app of its own. Instructions for what app to use should be in your manual.
Now connect to your latent Wi-Fi network. This is usually a simple process: Head to the settings on your phone or computer, and choose the Wi-Fi/Network option (Google just has you scan a QR code, so this process can vary a little). Look for your router’s name here: Your router should have a default SSID name that’s printed on the back out of the router, along with the default network key. Use the key to log into the network.
Once connected, launch the router management app to begin the setup!
Alternative method: If your router doesn’t have an app, connect a computer manually to the router using an Ethernet cable. Once you’re connected, head to your router’s configuration page. This is basically a website hosted on your router, and it’s a traditional way to configure your router’s settings. How to find it can vary, but it almost always means typing 192.168.1.1 into the address bar of your preferred browser, then hitting Enter.
If you find a page, go ahead and jump ahead to the next step. If that address doesn’t work, however, your router may use another address entirely. This can vary depending on your router, so consult your router’s official documentation if the 192.168.1.1 address doesn’t work.
Alternatively, you could just check our list of default router IP addresses and passwords.
Step 3: Create a username and password, or find the existing one
Your router app should automatically walk you through setup procedures, so answer its questions and fill out forms as necessary. For most new routers, you’ll be asked to create an app name (again, this is called an SSID) and password. Make sure this password is unique and secure, because anyone who has it can do all kinds of nasty things to your network.
WPA2 encryption is currently the standard for security and you should always choose it if given an option for your security protocol. Make sure you choose a long password, too, one that is distinct from the admin password you set earlier and ideally doesn’t include words from the dictionary or an easily guessed name (like the name of your pet). Afterwards, store it somewhere secure.
A used router, however, may already have a password and need to be reset. Most routers have a recessed reset button on the back. Holding down the “reset” button with a paperclip for at least 30 seconds will do the trick. Leave the power on, and wait for the router to rest. It should utilize the default settings when it restarts, meaning the default username and password will now grant you access to settings.
Step 4: Continue setting up your router
The router app should also allow you to set up other settings such as parental controls, automatic updates, and more. You can tweak these settings and more later from the app, but pay attention to the walkthrough and everything it teaches you. You should learn about guest access, monitoring activity, and more. When finished, the app will configure network settings and finish setting up your network. You can now explore the app at leisure to learn more.
And you’re off!
With these steps out of the way, your router should be ready to use. Go ahead and connect your devices, and enjoy!
Of course, there’s a lot more you can configure, if you dig into the settings. Setting up port forwarding can be useful, and the true power users should consider replacing their firmware with DD-WRT to get access to all kinds of settings that are otherwise not offered. For most users, however, working Wi-Fi and secure access to the administrative backend is a great place to start.
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Phew! That was long!! :0
The reason I'm writing this instructable is because it took me close to 12 hours just to install the Raspberry Pi 3 even with such a strong community to help. If you had also bought the Raspberry Pi 3 like me you would have thought that it would be easy to use with a laptop and not really complicated.but..(imagine darth vader sounds here)
Apparently, Raspberry Pi 3 gives you a hard time with threats such as 'connection timed out, connected rejected, connection failed, access denied, you are not allowed' and stuff. Or simply nothing pops on your screen when you plug in the pi which means you get no display, no party sign or any sort of connection being made My instructable would help you to bypass this.
Here's what you need to know, who this tutorial is for:
1) You have a wifi connection without access to the router.
2) You have hardware ready with you but just can't see why the raspberry is making to so difficult for you to connect :(
3) You are patient enough to try another instructable
4) Seriously windows 10 is crummy with raspberry pi 3.
Alright jokes aside, here's what you need for the time ahead:
1) Get a HDMI display monitor/tv/tablet whatever with a HDMI cable ready to go.
No, you cannot use your laptop with a HDMI cable because both the laptop's HDMI port and the Pi's HDMI port are output oriented which means they cannot take an input. They are essentially like an obstinate partner who knows how to give but doesn't take anything. So the solution is dump them :D
2) Get an Ethernet cable (RJ-45) wire and make sure your laptop is capable of using it
3) Setup the Pi assembly. BUT do not connect the adpater or power on the PI.
4) Get a USB Keyboard and USB mouse for the pi.
You would find a billion instructions for this step but I would add them here for you:
1) Take the SD card that came with the PI and look at it, then insert it into a memory card reader and put it in your laptop.
2) Your laptop now recognizes the memory card and assigns it a drive name such as f: etc.
3) Now install these software:
1) https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/ SDFORMATTER
2) https://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ WIN32DISKIMAGER
3) https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/ Raspbian- the full version not the lite
Use the links provided or your own, the names are next to the link.
You might ask here why we are doing this when your pi might already have noobs or raspbian but we need to do this. The reason is I need to ensure there is a clean install and NOOBS essentially is pretty bad at installing raspbian. Which means that it does not allow windows to see pi the way it is. Essentially it is a bad third wheel on your date, so dump it. Alright no more relationship advice (or maybe more of them).
Lets move ahead.
If you use your Raspberry Pi as a gaming console, media server, or stand-alone computer, WiFi is a great way to get internet access. But if you connect to your Pi with SSH or a remote desktop application a lot, WiFi is actually one of the slowest and least reliable ways to do it. A direct ethernet connection is much faster and a lot more stable. By connecting to your Pi directly from your laptop or desktop with an ethernet cable you are bypassing your local network, and you aren’t sharing bandwidth with other computers on your network. It also allows you to connect to your Pi when you’re outside of your home network. If you are experiencing slow connectivity and network time outs with your current set up, you need to try this! All you need to set it up is an ethernet cable and a way to access the Rapberry Pi command prompt.
What we’re going to do is assign a static IP address to the ethernet port of the Pi. This address will depend on the IP address of the ethernet adapter on the computer you will be connecting to the Pi from.
I will be using a clean installation of Raspbian Jessie Lite to demonstrate this, but the process also works for the full version of Raspbian Jessie. The set up for a static IP is a little different for older versions of Raspbian Wheezy, but once you know how to create the static IP address, it should be easy on any OS.
Find your Ethernet Adapter’s IP Address
First, we need to find out the IP address of the ethernet adapter on the computer you will be accessing the Pi from.
Access the “Network Connections” window by right clicking on the Windows icon in the task bar (Windows 8), or through the Control Panel in earlier versions of Windows. Then right click on the Ethernet connection and select “Properties”:
Scroll down the list and select “Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)”, then click the “Properties” button:
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If “Use the following IP address” is selected, take note of the IP address. In this case it’s 10.0.0.6, but your’s will probably be different:
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If “Obtain an IP address automatically” is selected, we will need to find your autoconfiguration IPv4 address using ipconfig in the Windows Command Prompt:
Find your Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address
Skip this step if you found the IP address of your ethernet adapter in the step above.
The autoconfiguration IPv4 address won’t be displayed unless something is connected to the ethernet adapter of your laptop/desktop computer, so plug your Pi into your computer with an ethernet cable, and power it up.
Now we will need to access the Windows command prompt. Either search for it in the Start menu, find it in the Control Panel, or right click on the Windows icon in the task bar:
Once you get to the command prompt, enter ipconfig:
Scroll down to see the configuration settings of your Ethernet adapter, which should say something like “Ethernet adapter Ethernet”:
Take note of the Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address, in my case it’s 169.254.81.78. This is the IP address of the ethernet adapter on my laptop.
Find your Default Gateway IP
The next step is to find out your default gateway IP. This is the local IP address of your network router. Computers on your network use it to communicate with the router and access the internet. If you already know what it is, just skip this step.
Power up and log into your Raspberry Pi via WiFi or ethernet, then enter route -ne at the command prompt to see your network routing information:
Under the “Gateway” column, you can see your Default Gateway IP (10.0.0.1 in my case) for each interface (Iface) – ethernet (eth0) and WiFi (wlan0). Write down your default gateway IP, we will need it later.
Find Your Static Domain Name Servers
Now we need to find out the IP addresses of the domain name servers your Pi uses to find websites on the internet. Power up your Pi and log in to the command prompt, then enter cat /etc/resolv.conf:
Copy these IP addresses to a text editor on your PC or write them down for later.
Configuring the Static IP
Now we’re ready to configure the network settings on the Pi and set up our static IP address. Enter sudo nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf to edit the dhcpcd.conf file:
Now, add this code to the end of the /etc/dhcpcd.conf file, and change the IP addresses with your own:
The three IP address are created as follows:
- static ip_address= This will be the static IP address you use to SSH or remotely connect to your Pi. Take the IP address of your computer’s ethernet adapter (found in the steps above), and change the last number to any other number between 0 and 255.
- static routers= This is the default gateway IP we found above.
- static domain_name_servers= These are the IP’s we found in the /etc/resolv.conf file above. Separate each IP with a single space.
For example, I found out that the IP address of the ethernet adapter on my laptop is 169.254.81.78. To create the static ip_address for my Pi, I replaced the 78 with 99 to get 169.254.81.99. This is the new static IP address I will use to log in to my Pi via SSH and remote desktop connection.
The /etc/dhcpcd.conf file should look like this after you have put in your own IP addresses:
Note: I have also configured a static IP for my WiFi (wlan0) connection in the image above. If you haven’t already done the same, just ignore those lines.
After you have added the code and replaced the IP addresses, press Ctrl-X and Y to exit and save the /etc/dhcpcd.conf file.
Now reboot the Pi, and plug an ethernet cable from the Pi directly to your laptop or desktop. Open PuTTY (or another SSH client) and log in with the static ip_address address you created above:
Now test to make sure that your Pi is able to access the internet by pinging Google. Enter sudo ping www.google.com at the command prompt:
If the connection is successful, you’ll see that packets have been sent and received. If the connection is unsuccessful, you will get a “Network is unreachable” error:
Watch the video version of the process here:
We’ve created a static IP address that you can use to connect your Raspberry Pi directly with your laptop or desktop computer. You will notice a big improvement in speed and stability compared to connecting with WiFi. You can leave your Pi connected as long as you want without getting disconnected or getting network time outs. Hope this helps! Feel free to leave a comment if you have any questions, and be sure to subscribe via email to get notified when we post new articles!
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