If yours is a Netgear router, then you will just see an entry on the right labelled “Security options”. Depending on what brand or make your router is, you may then need to click Security. What we are looking for is a menu item labelled “Wireless”, “Wireless Settings” or similar. You should now see a few menu items and a lot of other information.

Hopefully you figured out the correct login credentials for your router. Otherwise, you’ll need to reset the modem/router (not recommended unless you know what you’re doing). If you can’t seem to track them down, you might need to contact whoever setup your router in the first place and ask them what they set it to. If these don’t work, it might be worth Googling for your router make and model with the words “default login”, to try and find out what they are by default. You can also try “admin” and leave the password box empty. If your router is a Netgear, the default login should be “admin” as the username and “password” as the password. Assuming you completed steps 2 & 3 correctly, you will be prompted to enter in a username and password.

Open your favourite browser and type the number into the address bar that you just wrote down. We want to know the address of your router, should show up under the entry for “Default Gateway”. A black box will open up with the command prompt. In the search box type “cmd” and hit Enter. Click the windows button in the bottom left hand corner of your task bar. This is a guest post by JJ Fiasson from IT Support Sydney. Note: This guide is written with Windows 7 in mind, although the procedure is quite similar for Windows XP and Windows Vista. There is also a potential security risk if your wireless network is not secure and you have file sharing turned on – others will be able to access your files! Thankfully the procedure for enabling wireless security is relatively straight forward. I have seen many occasions where clients have not secured their networks and wondered why their internet bill shot through the roof. It is crucial to secure your wireless network to ensure that your internet connection can be used only by yourself and people you authorise.

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