Setting up a wireless network

[samuelberthelot]

Hi,

My PC is connected to the internet through an ADSL Modem. Now I would
llike my PC to act as a server in my house and to have 3 laptops
connected to that same connection via a wireless routeur connected to
my PC via a network cable.

How should I configure the routeur ? Should it assign IP's to the
laptops using DHCP ? Or should I assign static IP's to the laptops ?
What gateway should I use ?I'm a bit confuse as you can see as how to
setup my network....
Can you help ?

Thanks

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

Connect the modem to the WAN/Internet port on the router and connect the PC
to a LAN port on the router. Normally I recommend use of static IPs on
small networks, but most laptops are either sometimes or frequently
connected to different networks. So DHCP is makes better sense for them.
Most routers come with DHCP enabled by default and this will assign the
router's IP as the default gateway.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP

 

[samuelberthelot]

Hi Doug,
I didn't get that part: Connect the modem to the WAN/Internet port on
the router

How can I connect my modem to the router ?? It's a USB modem. Doesn't
it make more sense to connect the modem to my PC and then my PC to the
routeur via LAN ?
Can you let me know please ?

 

[Doug Sherman [MVP]]

I didn't know it was a USB only modem - I also don't know why manufacturers
make such devices without including an ethernet port. I suggest you either
demand that your ISP replace it or replace it yourself with a compatible
ethernet capable device.

If you have to keep your existing modem, then you could enable ICS on the
desktop, turn off DHCP on the router, change the router's IP to
192.168.0.254, and connect the desktop by ethernet cable to a LAN port on
the router.

Doug Sherman
MCSE, MCSA, MCP+I, MVP