[jorgem4]

I am trying to help a friend setup her new Macbook with a Netgear WGR614 router. She claims the setup was imposible because the CD that came with the router works only on windows.

I am sure the router will work with her new MacBook, but I have no idea how to set it....can you do it thru the airport utility? or thru where? A plug and play would work?

I would also like to put some kinda security on the connection so no one gets on her internet connection, is this possible if there is no mac software for the router?

I did some searching but did not get a good anwser on this...

Any help would be great, I don't want to spoil her first Mac experince she just made the switch!

[besson3c]

Any router can be used on any platform, they are platform agnostic. All the CD does is help you configure the router, but most home routers have web interfaces for doing this. In the case of the Netgear router, this can be accessed through:

http://192.168.0.1

I believe the default username and password is:

user: admin
password: admin


She'll want to:

- change default router password

- change network name (SSID) optionally

- choose a security technique - either a MAC access list or WPA/WEP password (otherwise the network is wide open and anybody can access it)

You may or may not want to upgrade the Netgear's firmware to the latest version to accommodate a security technique of choice depending on how old the router is. However, I had lots of problems with newer versions of the firmware on my old Netgear router I used to use.

If all of this security stuff is a little out of your reach and if you think that locking down the network is important for her, let us know and perhaps we can simplify what I have written.

[jorgem4]

Thanks for the help...i will post back if I have any trouble.

Thanks again.