Setting up new wireless connection

A friend is getting a new laptop with XP and wireless router and asked me to
set it up wireless which I can do. He will be shipping the laptop to his
daughter in Atlanta. My question is: Can I still set up the SSID and the
run the router setup with everything left in tact when he ships it or does
someone need to set it up there? I guess my main concern is when I unplug
the power from the router that it will reset back to factory condition and
lose all the saved settings.

Any information is appreciated.

Thanks,
Wy

Wyman G.

On Apr 23, 1:18*pm, Wyman G. <Wyman G...@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> A friend is getting a new laptop with XP and wireless router and asked me to
> set it up wireless which I can do. *He will be shipping the laptop to his
> daughter in Atlanta. *My question is: *Can I still set up the SSID and the
> run the router setup with everything left in tact when he ships it or does
> someone need to set it up there? *I guess my main concern is when I unplug
> the power from the router that it will reset back to factory condition and
> lose all the saved settings.
>
> Any information is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Wy

You can set up the SSID, wireless channel, WPA key, router password
and network IP address range before sending to Atlanta. The only
setting that must be down in Atlanta is the set up for the Internet
service. If you know that the Internet service would be based on DHCP
(usually for cable TV style Internet service) you can set up this easy
anywhere else.

smlunatick

A router should hold settings through power outages, being
unplugged, etc.

On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:18:00 -0700, Wyman G. <Wyman
G.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>A friend is getting a new laptop with XP and wireless router and asked me to
>set it up wireless which I can do. He will be shipping the laptop to his
>daughter in Atlanta. My question is: Can I still set up the SSID and the
>run the router setup with everything left in tact when he ships it or does
>someone need to set it up there? I guess my main concern is when I unplug
>the power from the router that it will reset back to factory condition and
>lose all the saved settings.
>
>Any information is appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Wy
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Barb Bowman

Hi
The LAN side and the Wireless of the Router would hold.
The WAN side (Internet) would have to be configured according to the nature
of the connection, and or, ISP's instructions.
P.S. Configure the Router to work on Wireless channel 11 to reduce conflict
with other neighborhood Routers that are probably set to default 6.
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Wyman G." <Wyman G.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:10448C02-4D9C-4CCE-A64C-...
>A friend is getting a new laptop with XP and wireless router and asked me
>to
> set it up wireless which I can do. He will be shipping the laptop to his
> daughter in Atlanta. My question is: Can I still set up the SSID and the
> run the router setup with everything left in tact when he ships it or does
> someone need to set it up there? I guess my main concern is when I unplug
> the power from the router that it will reset back to factory condition and
> lose all the saved settings.
>
> Any information is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Wy
>

Jack \(MVP-Networking\).

Thanks for the all the replies!


"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <> wrote in message
news:...
> Hi
> The LAN side and the Wireless of the Router would hold.
> The WAN side (Internet) would have to be configured according to the
> nature of the connection, and or, ISP's instructions.
> P.S. Configure the Router to work on Wireless channel 11 to reduce
> conflict with other neighborhood Routers that are probably set to default
> 6.
> Jack (MVP-Networking).
>
> "Wyman G." <Wyman G.@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:10448C02-4D9C-4CCE-A64C-...
>>A friend is getting a new laptop with XP and wireless router and asked me
>>to
>> set it up wireless which I can do. He will be shipping the laptop to his
>> daughter in Atlanta. My question is: Can I still set up the SSID and
>> the
>> run the router setup with everything left in tact when he ships it or
>> does
>> someone need to set it up there? I guess my main concern is when I
>> unplug
>> the power from the router that it will reset back to factory condition
>> and
>> lose all the saved settings.
>>
>> Any information is appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Wy
>>
>

Wyman