OK thanks for explaining, Mike.
"Mike Torello"
Yes. To set up the new router I think you will have to use a cable
and your browser the first time to get to some address - like
http://192.168.0.1/ is my Linksys wireless router login page. It is
in the documetation and their home page.
Then the documentation will tell you how to login and set it up.
You will need to set up a "passphrase" that your wireless things will
use to connect. Don't forget this passphrase and logon credentials or
you will have to cable yourself back up again later to figure it out
or change it. Forgetting the passphrase is usually very
inconvenient. This usually only happens once.
Windows sometimes seems to forget or somebody will blow it away on
their boxx and you can't figure it out from looking at a working
box.
Once you know the address and logon credentials, you won't need the
passphrase again to configure the router and can just connect to the
router from any wireless PC to look around, but if Windows ever
forgets the passphrase or you need it to add a new device and don't
remember it, you are going to be stuck with a wired up connection to
figure out the passphrase or create a new one. You will need to know
the passphrase for every device that connects.
I make a written and made a softcopy note with the router IP address,
admin user name, password (to get into setup) and the unencrypted and
encrypted passphrase in case I ever need it later. This, you bury
under a rock in your backyard.
