Want to connect a Windows 7 device to your CenturyLink Wi-Fi modem? Let's get started! This video provides the step-by-step information to get and stay connected. Don't worry about taking notes or writing anything down—detailed instructions are also available below the video.

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Select the network you want to connect to. If you are using the default wireless settings, the network you want is the same as the SSID listed on the bottom of the modem.

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Enter the 'network security key' then select 'OK'. If you are using the default wireless settings, the network security key is the same as the Passphrase listed on the bottom of the modem.

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Windows 7: Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click Properties. Windows Vista: If the pop-up displays asking for permission, click Continue to open the Local Area Connections Properties window. Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), then click Properties. How to Connect to the Internet with Windows 7. This is a modal window. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button. Caption Settings Dialog Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Windows 7 makes it easy to join Wireless Network. Then, click on the “Control Panel.” Now you want to click on the “Network and Internet” header. Under “Internet Options,” you want to click the “Connect to the Internet” option. You will now be prompted to choose what type of Internet you want to connect to.

Select the wireless icon to verify that the connection was successful.

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Windows 7 makes it easy to join Wireless Network. Then, click on the “Control Panel.” Now you want to click on the “Network and Internet” header. Under “Internet Options,” you want to click the “Connect to the Internet” option. You will now be prompted to choose what type of Internet you want to connect to.

Hi,

The answer is yes.

I am assuming that you want to do this because it avoids you having to by a wireless adapter for your Win 7 PC.

I have replicated your situation on my PCs and it works.

Firstly, it may be that you need a special Ethernet cable called a crossover cable. It may also be that you do not need this cable and that an ordinary ethernet cable will suffice. I am going to assume that your Win 7 PC has a modern network card, most times this means a crossover cable will not be needed. I will come to how to determine this later.

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I am making some assumptions here about you having a 'normal' setup, so if something doesn't pan out as I anticipate let me know exactly why and I will help further.

The first thing you might need to do is on the router. You need to make sure that the router is allocating ip addresses in any range other than 192.168.0.y

Click Start then click Run, type cmd and click OK
In the resultant black window type ipconfig and hit enter
If the gateway is listed as 192.168.x.y where x is anything other than 0 then nothing needs to be done
If the gateway is 192.168.0.y then you need to alter your router's settings to allocate ip addresses in the range 192.168.1.y
Your router is not known to me so I cannot give you specific instructions right now but if you give me the exact make and model I can probably find this out for you.
Once you have done this, verify with ipconfig again to make sure the gateway is now 192.168.1.x

Next you must change things on the XP laptop

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Click Start then click Run, type ncpa.cpl and click OK. This will open Network Connections.
Right click your wireless network connection and click Properties. This will open the properties of your wireless connection.
Click the Advanced tab and tick 'Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection' and click OK. Click Yes to the resultant message about ip address 192.168.0.1

Connect the laptop to your Win 7 PC with an Ethernet cable. Your router was probably supplied with one of these.

Now you must change things on the Win 7 PC

Click Start then type ncpa.cpl and click OK. This will open Network Connections.
Right click your local area connection and click Properties. This will open the properties of your wireless connection.
Click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties. This will open the TCP/IP properties.
Click Use the following IP address
Enter 192.168.0.2 for the IP address
Enter 255.255.255.0 for the Subnet mask
Enter 192.168.0.1 for the Default gateway
Click Use the following DNS server addresses
Enter 192.168.0.1 for the Primary DSN server
Click OK
Click Close

I think that should do it provided that your Ethernet cable does not need to be of the crossover variety. To determine if your cable is OK

On the XP laptop click Start then click Run, type cmd and click OK
In the resultant black window type ping 192.168.0.2 and hit enter. You should get 4 successful replies from 192.168.0.2
On the Win 7 PC click Start type cmd and click OK
In the resultant black window type ping 192.168.0.1 and hit enter. You should get 4 successful replies from 192.168.0.1

Now open a web browser and see if it all works.

Good luck.

Tricky