[Cobbydaler]

OK, dhcp scope is easiest. So start with that. Go to the LAN Settings menu & select LAN Port. If you're only ever going to have 2 machines connected through the router you can have the start IP address final figure set to 2 & the end IP address figure set to 3.

This means that when both your machines are on, the dhcp server will have no more IP addresses to assign a lease with. This helps to stop other people connecting.

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Once you've done that, do the next step from your desktop by wired connection.

Go to the LAN Settings, Wireless Security page & choose TKIP from the dropdown list at the top. Enter a pre-shared key of your choice (password/phrase) in the box below. The longer the better up to 63 characters. Then click Apply.

At this point your laptop will no longer be able to connect to the router.

Open the Belkin wireless utility on the laptop (should be in the system tray) & go to the security tab. Select Enable WPA encryption & then in the window that pops up select WPA-PSK & TKIP from the two dropdowns at the top.

Now enter your passphrase (pre-shared key) OK that window & Apply on the security tab. Your laptop should now be able to connect to the router.

MAC address filtering will have to wait I'm afraid, off out now. Let us know how you get on with the first two!