| You can connect a DSL modem to a Linksys | | | | up for DSL your phone company mails you a DSL |
| router to create a wireless Internet network that | | | | modem. Once your DSL is on, first plug in the |
| works anywhere in your home. It is a bit more | | | | phone cord coming out of the surge protector |
| complicated to customize it by giving it a | | | | into the appropriate part of the modem. Second, |
| password and your own name, but certainly not | | | | plug in a Cat-6 wire to the back of the modem in |
| impossible. | | | | your network plug. Finally, attach the modem's |
| Pick a location for your network. Set up near a | | | | power supply and plug it in. |
| phone jack, as well as an available power plug. | | | | Connect your computer to your new wireless |
| Plug in a surge protector to guard your network | | | | network. Click on your computer's Start button |
| against any unwelcome surges. Connect your | | | | and open the Control Panel. Scroll down to the |
| phone jack to the surge protector, then run your | | | | Network Connections button, and double click. |
| second phone line out of it. | | | | Double click on the Wireless Network Connection, |
| Install your Linksys router. Plug the Cat-6 wire into | | | | then click on Wireless Networks. Look for one |
| the back of the router in the "Internet" port. | | | | with a name that somehow incorporates the |
| Keep an eye on your DSL router; once the lights | | | | word Linksys, and the strongest such on the list. |
| seem to stabilize, plug your router into the surge | | | | Double click on that, and your computer will |
| protector. Give it a few minutes. | | | | connect to the Internet. |
| Install your DSL modem. Generally, when you sign | | | | |