Network Setup - Wired Networking

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Wired Networking

After installing the operating systems on the computers that will primarily participate in the network, you can "physically" connect the computers and the router. You can start connecting the pieces whether the computers are on or off.

Practical Learning Practical Learning: Wiring the Network

   1. Shut down all computers and the router (if necessary)

   2. Turn on one computer you will use to setup the router

   3. You router should have come equipped with a piece of paper or a brochure of just a few pages that lists the instructions to follow to setup the router. One of the early instructions may ask you to insert the CD that came with the router, in the CD drive and wait for the instructions. Follow these instructions faithfully

   4. After setting up and configuring the router, turn it off and turn off the computer you used to set it up (this step is optional)

   5. Connect each of the other computers to the router using an RJ-45 cable for each connection:

If you had turned off (some of) the machines, first turn on the router. Then, after a few seconds, turn on the computers. If you receive some messages indicating that a network was detected, fine. If not, don't worry, we will check the network later.

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