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When adding computers to a D-Link wireless home network, you must install a wireless network adapter for each computer you are connecting to your home network. These network adapters receive and transmit the radio waves used to send and receive data.

Desktop Computers

Install a D-Link wireless USB network adapter for each desktop computer you're connecting to your home network. A USB cable connects the wireless adapter to an available USB port on your computer.

Notebook Computers

If you're connecting a laptop computer to your home network, you have two options for wireless network adapters.

• Install a D-Link wireless USB network adapter into an available USB port.
• Install a D-Link wireless notebook adapter into an available slot on the side panel of your notebook computer.

Note: Many of the new notebook computers are manufactured with wireless network cards installed. Use Windows Device Manager in Windows XP to check whether you have a wireless network adapter installed.

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2. Click Install Drivers.

3. Click Next when the InstallShield Wizard displays.

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4. Remove the CD from the CD-ROM drive and click Exit on the Installer screen.

5. After your computer restarts, shut it down so you can connect the USB adapter.

6. Connect one end of the USB cable to the connector at the back of the USB adapter.

7. Insert the other end of the cable into an available USB port in your computer.

8. Turn the computer back on. If the "Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard" displays, select No, not this time.[Show Me]

9. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended) when the "Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard" screen displays.[Show Me]

10. Click Next.

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11. If a warning message displays saying that the software has not passed Windows testing, click Continue Anyway.

12. Click Finish.

13. A message will display in the lower right Taskbar when your hardware has been installed.

14. Double-click the D-Link wireless connection icon () in the right Taskbar to start the D-LinkConfiguration Utility.

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15. The D-Link wireless icon () will display in the right Taskbar. If the icon is green, you have installed the USB adapter successfully, and you're ready to access the Internet.

16. If you are unable to access the Internet, double-click the wireless connection icon to start the D-Link Configuration Utility.

17. Click Configuration to update the configuration information. If the USB adapter didn't connect automatically, be sure to change the SSID field to match what you entered when you configured your router. [Show Me]

• Note: If you're unsure of the SSID you entered in your router, access your router's configuration screen to view your router security settings.

If you haven't changed your SSID, the default SSID is provided on a sticker on the bottom of your Verizon router.

Your network's SSID is stored in your Verizon MI424WR router. As long as you know your router's user name and password, you can access the security settings where the SSID is stored.

Note: The Verizon MI424WR security screens and prompts may vary slightly from the directions below, depending on when you purchased your router and the version of the firmware loaded on it.

To display your network's SSID:

1. Open your Web browser and enter http://192.168.1.1 in the Address field.
   
   
2. Enter your user name. If you didn't change it when you configured your network, the default user name is admin.
   
   
3.  Enter your password. Additional characters will appear to be inserted as you enter your password. This is designed to hide the number of characters in your password.
   
   Note: If you've forgotten your user name or password, you must reset your Verizon MI424WR router to the factory defaults to access the configuration screen.
   Note: If you didn't change the default password when you set up your router, it may have been changed to your router's serial number to provide greater security. You can find your router's serial number on a label affixed to the bottom or back of your router.
   
   
4. Click the Wireless Settings icon. 
   
   
5. Click Basic Security Settings in the left navigation panel.
   
   
6. Write down the entry in the SSID field
   
   
7. Close the router configuration window.

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18. Click Security to enter the security settings to match the settings when you configured your router.

1. Make sure WEP is selected in the Authentication field. [Show Me]
   
   
2. Select Shared Authentication in the Authentication Mode field.[Show Me]
   
   
3. Select the WEP Key number (1, 2, 3, or 4) and then select 40/64 bits or 104/128 bits to indicate the level of WEP security you chose when setting up your router.[Show Me]
   
   
4. Select ASCII or HEX in the Key Format field to indicate the WEP key format you selected when configuring your router.[Show Me]
   
   
5. Enter the WEP Key you used when configuring your router. Be sure to enter it in the same Key field you selected when setting up your router. [Show Me]
    

• Note: If you're unsure of the WEP encryption key you entered in your router, access your router's configuration screen and write it down.

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19. Select Site Survey to display the available wireless networks. If you're traveling or using your notebook computer outside of your home, you can use this screen to find the available wireless networks in the area. If there are multiple wireless networks available, select the network you want to access and click Connect.