Connecting to the Internet, organizing a local network, setting up an access point

With the problem of setting up the access point, users of personal computers have faced since the development of information technology before connecting them to a single network. Creating an Internet connection or simply combining several computers into a single system required not only connecting additional devices to the computer, but also carrying out some settings.

Often, to facilitate the life of users, any equipment comes with some software. The connection setup consists in correctly connecting the necessary equipment to the PC and performing a number of items offered by the computer itself. But, nevertheless, some features that require setting up the access point, you should still study.

The modem connection to the World Wide Web has become very popular. Modems are now available as separate devices or integrated into a number of gadgets. In any case, in order to open the veil of the access point setting, you need to go to the "Phone and Modem" item through the "Control Panel" and from there to additional communication parameters. With the correct settings in the opened window there should be a record corresponding to the access point that your provider uses.

But progress does not stand still, and the connection to the Internet is becoming routine, and the implementation of additional settings is required only when located in remote areas. Not only in the office environment, but even in a regular apartment, there is often a problem of creating a local network (while wireless).

The simplest way to connect two personal devices directly though bewitches with accessibility and simplicity, but has a number of significant drawbacks. The first is the need to find them within the limits of mutual visibility, and if we want to enter the Internet from one computer, we must necessarily include the computer that is used as a gateway.

Here, various routers and access points come to the rescue. These devices, configured once, play the role of a link between the local network and the World Wide Web. Often, setting up an access point allows you to use these devices in different modes. The simplest is when the device is a "transparent bridge" between two networks - wired and wireless. Also in this mode, it is possible to merge wireless network components. For this type of work, parameter adjustment is almost unnecessary.

The following mode involves the integration of a computer or several personal devices into the wireless network that do not have wireless network controllers. By connecting an access point to the network controller of the computer, it is necessary to make its connection with another point, and its name must be registered in the settings. This mode is used in cases when there is no possibility of installing a wireless controller in a PC (usually due to its design or software features). This option often occurred when the access point was configured on the laptop.

In the following two modes, the segments of two wired networks are combined through a secure wireless channel. In the first case, two segments are combined, it is necessary to specify the MAC address for the remote access point, in the second case more than two segments are combined.

There is an access point mode that allows you to extend the range of the wireless network. If the design features of the client computer, due to its technical characteristics or design features of the premises, do not allow it to reach the network, then an access point that works as a repeater can be of help in this, located between the client and the entrance.

Setting up the access point Windows 7 has some features, this is due to the fact that this platform aims to implement additional protection for your computer from hacking.