So You Want to Set Up a Home Router? Let's Do It Step by Step
When Your Router Turns Out to Be a Server: My WTNP Home Network Adventure Blog #8 - Net with Hiru I walked into this WTNP practical thinking "how hard can building a home network be?" Turns out - pretty entertaining, actually. Here's the full story of designing a wired + wireless home network in Cisco Packet Tracer, including the moment I accidentally tried to run Wi-Fi off a device that has never broadcast a single radio wave in its life. The Brief Design a home network with both wired and wireless devices, configure the home router properly (not just drag-and-drop-and-hope), secure it, and understand why each setting exists - not just click through it. Simple on paper. Chaotic in practice. Let's go. Step 1: Placing the Devices ( My First Mistake 😏) I placed a router, a switch, 3 PCs, a laptop, a smartphone and 2 tablets. Nothing connected wirelessly. No SSID. No radio waves. Nothing. Turns out - I'd grabbed a Cisco 2901 ISR router from the Routers...