HOWTO: Connect AOL DSL to a Linksys Router

To connect your AOL high speed internet service to a router is fairly simple if you have good information. AOL tech support gave me some bad advice in the beginning which caused me about an hour of headache before I called them back. To connect takes a couple of AOL specific setup instructions which I'll show you here:

1. Log into your Linksys router. To do this, open a web browserand type: http://192.168.1.1 an authentication box will open and you willneed to type in admin for the username and admin for the password.
2. Once logged in, you will need to change the Internet Connection Type to PPPoE. This is only if you are using a DSL connection. 
3. You will need to set a User name and Password. Both are the phone number you use to dial your DSL connection (probably your home number). The user name is your phone number @ aol-hs while the password is just your phone number. An example user name and password would be: u:5035552424@aol-hs p: 5035552424 . The other settings are pre-set and work fine. You can click on the picture above for more detail.
4. The next step is to actually initiate the connection. Click on the Status tab at the top of the screen. In the middle of the page, you will need to click the connect button. The router will attempt to connect to your DSL service. This may take a couple of minutes. If you entered the user name and password correctly, the router should connect and everything should be useable.  After the login succeeds, the Login Status will show "Connected" and you should be connected to the Internet.

Please feel free to post questions in the comments if you run into any trouble.