How do i install the router if my cd drive dont work???

Question

my cd drive ain't working and i guess i need the cd to install the router

Answer 1

NO that is only if you need the software to manage it....windows will do it for you......good luck

Answer 2

copy files from cd to a usb drive(Pen Drive). Then run installation files in it

Answer 3

You can usually download the install files from the manufacturer website.

Answer 4

Download it from the website of the company that made the router

Answer 5

The CD is not required anyway, any settings that are on the CD are directly on the router itself, it's like a middleman logging into your router and setting it up for you, asking some simple questions

after you connect your router, open up your web browser and type in the router's IP

common router IP addresses

192.168.0.1

192.168.1.1

192.168.2.1

other router IPs here http://www.answersthatwork.com/Download_...

It should then ask you for a username and a password, this depends on router, but is usually

Username: -leave blank-

Password: admin

after you log in you can go to the different settings and set it up manually

the main settings you may need to change is enabling wireless and setting up your ISP's modem settings, after you finish configuring your settings, click out of your browser window you're done

Answer 6

If your CD drive DOESN'T work then you can install the driver from the manufacturer's website.

For example, if your router is linksys you can just go here

www.linksys.com/download/  

Answer 7

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"How do I (notice the capital "I") install the router if my CD (again, notice the capitalization) drive doesn't (the correct contraction of "does not") work? (one question mark suffices)

There you go.  Maybe someday you can be an actual contributing member of society.

Answer 8

You don't need a CD to install a router. All the CD does is walk you through the steps on how to set it up. Router CD contain no drivers, so if you know how to configue it manually you dont need the cd. If you dont i will walk you through the steps.

For cable modems ONLY (DSL is a different prodecure)

1 Unplug the modem, if its a VOIP modem also you have to remove the battery backup, and turn off the computer, and leave both off for at least 1 minute.

2 Plug in the ethernet cable from the modem to the router, usurally the back of the router will say Uplink or Internet, plug the cable into that port, not the ports that are numbered.

3 plug the modem back in, and the battery if it has a battery, let modem stay on for about a minute, then plug the router on, let router stay on for about a minute, then turn the computer on.

4 once computer fully boots up open internet explorer, you may or may not get a signal yet, if you dont its not a problem.

5 in the adress bar type in either 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1 depends on how the modem is configured, one of those will give u access to the router setup.

6 you will get a prompt for username and password, usuraly its admin admin, or password password, or administrator administrator, will always be small letters, if none of those work just call the company for the default username and password.

7 once u log in its easy to set up there will be a help screen on every page just follow the steps.

if you have any problems just give me the model of the router and i will walk u through it step by step

For DSL before u hook up the router, you have to go to the modem setup proties and change it from either router bridge to just routered or the other way around, i forgot which one but whatever it says cange it to the opposite one, then follow the steps as above.