Chapter . Set Up Your Internet Connection

Connecting your base station to the Internet can be as simple as plopping it next to your broadband connection or phone line, powering it on, and making a few configuration changes. Right. And memorizing the capitals of all the states and composing a song about them may be simple too, but only for those with a particular odd bent.

I have found from hard experience that the little things can make you crazy. To put your wireless network on the Internet, you must use the settings your ISP gave you to get on the Internet with a single computer or a set of computers. In this section, I help you take control of situations that might arise, depending on the kind of connection you make to your ISP.

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