How to Set Up and secure your Wireless Router for CaribServe.NET Wireless ADSL

The instructions provided below are for customers who wish to utilize a WIFI router with our new Wireless ADSL Service on the Motorola Canopy™ platform. If the CaribServe.NET antenna installed on your residence / business looks like the picture on the right, then the instructions below will assist you in configuring your router for use on our network. If your antenna is one of the older Cirronet WaveBolt units, the instructions below do not apply to you!

STEP A. Configure your router for PPPOE

1. If you have not done so already, please click here and follow the step-by-step instructions to configure your router for PPPOE connectivity. Once configured, please return to this page and follow the step-by-step instructions below to configure and secure the WIFI segment of your router and PC.

STEP B. Configure your router's WIFI settings

2. Open a web browser and navigate to the IP address of your router

2. Log into the router
3. Enter the username and password if prompted to do so (Check the manual of your router for the default username and password.)
4. Click on the Wireless menu option which will take you to the configuration menu and setup screens for your wireless access point.

5. On the Basic Wireless Settings page, make sure the Wireless Network Mode is set to Mixed. This will allow both the older 802.11b/g (11Mbps) as well as the newer 802.11g (54Mbps) wireless cards to communicate with the access point.
6. Enter a unique descriptor in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) section. The SSID enables communication between users and the Access Point. The default SSID is usually set to the name of the router manufacturer (e.g. linksys or netgear) but you can change this to any word or phrase that you like. For the sake of this example, we used home.username.local (you should replace username with a unique word, such as your last name for example.)
7. You can leave the Wireless Channel set to the default value
8. You can also leave the Wireless SSID Broadcast set to the default value of enable. When enabled, the Access Point will openly broadcast the SSID you configured in step 6 so that it can be received by any WIFI-enabled device. There are some security considerations to take into account when leaving this option enabled but we recommend leaving it enabled at least until you have completed the configuration of the wireless card on your PC and successfully created a wireless connection between your PC and the Access Point. Once the latter is done, you can log back into the router and disable this option.
9. Click on the Save Settings button to store your changes.

STEP C. Secure your router's WIFI settings

10. Click on the Wireless menu option which will take you to the configuration menu and setup screens for your wireless access point.

11. Click on the Wireless Security menu item to display the security configuration options.

12. Change the Security Mode to WPA Personal.

13. Change the WPA Algorithms to TKIP

14. Enter a unique phrase in the WPA Shared Key section. The WPA Shared Key authenticates the communication between users and the Access Point. Since this is the key that you will need to enter to gain access to the wireless network, please make sure the phrase you select is something unique to you and also something you are not likely to forget (e.g. you could choose to use the street address of friend or loved one combined with a phone number or zip code - 24elmstreet90210). please make sure that there are no spaces between the words/numbers in your phrase.

15. You can leave the Group Key Renewal set to its default value

16. Click on the Save Settings button to store your changes.

Congratulations! Your WIFI Router is now configured and secured but we are only half way through the configuration.  We still have to configure the wireless card in your laptop / PC to authenticate to your router.

STEP D. Configure your PC's WIFI settings

17. If you are using a laptop with the built-in WIFI card, please make sure that the Wireless LAN button on the laptop is switched to the on position.  If your laptop does not have a built-in WIFI card, you will need to purchase a PCMCIA WIFI card that will fit into one of the open slots on the side of your laptop. If you have this card, please insert it into the slot at this time and install the drivers for the card as per the manufacturer's instructions.
18. On your PC, click on Start, All Programs, Accessories, Communications and finally, Network Connections
19. This will open up a window titled, “Network Connections”
20. Navigate the cursor of your mouse over the icon titled, “Wireless Network Connection”
21. Hold down the right mouse button to display the hidden menu, select Properties
22. This will open up a window titled, “Wireless Network Connection Properties”

23. Using the left button on your mouse, double-click on “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)”
24. This will open up a window titled, “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties”

25. In this window, please make sure that both options are set to “Obtain Automatically”
26. Click OK to close the “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties” window

27. Next, click on the Wireless Networks tab to display the properties of that window

28. This will open up a window titled, “Wireless Network Connection Properties”

29. Enter the same phrase you programmed into SSID field of your router. Please note that this parameter is case sensitive so you should enter the value exactly the same way it was entered into your router in step #6.

30. Select WPA-PSK under the Network Authentication option

31. Select TKIP under the Data encryption option

32. Enter the same phrase you programmed into the WPA Shared Key section  of your router. Please note that this parameter is case sensitive so you should enter the value exactly the same way it was entered into your router in step #14 above.

33. Re-enter the value from step 17 in the Confirm Network Key field to reconfirm the password.

34. Click OK

35. Click OK again to close the “Wireless Network Connection Properties” window
36. This will bring you back to the “Network Connections” window

STEP E. Connecting to your WIFI network

37. Right click on the Wireless Network Connection icon and select View Available Wireless Networks from the hidden menu

38. This will force the wireless card to scan for available networks that are broadcasting their SSID. The results of the search will be displayed on a screen together with relevant information such as the SSID (Network Name), Encryption type and signal strength.

39. As you can see from the screen above, the results of the View Available Wireless Networks scan revealed the Access Point we configured with the SSID value of home.username.local. As you can also see from the image above, we can tell that the SSID is a security-enabled network protected by WPA and that the signal strength is Excellent.

40. Double-click on the name of the network you wish to connect to, for the sake of this example, home.username.local to display the window in which you will re-enter the Network Authentication Key

41. Enter the Network Key and Confirm by re-entering

42. Click Connect

43. If you entered all the information correctly, you should authenticate to the WIFI router and be on your way to surfing the Internet via your personal WIFI hotspot.

44. Once connected, your View Available Wireless Networks window will look like the window below.

45. Your Wireless Network Connection icon will look like the image below

CONGRATULATIONS!  You can now use your WIFI router on your CaribServe.NET Wireless ADSL connection.

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