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need some more help using Linksys wireless router as access point

Good evening!

I posted last month about trying to use my Linksys router as an access point. I was directed to

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which gives the following instructions:

Set IP address (manually)

--In the same address range as your other devices

--That doesn't conflict with any other device (e.g., router) Disable internal DHCP server. Connect (Ethernet) cable to LAN port, not WAN/Internet port.

--Nothing connected to WAN/Internet port.

--May need to use crossover type cable. Disable any wireless-to-wired isolation feature

Maybe it's just too late at night, but how do I get into the old wireless router. Do I plug it into one of the CAT5 outlets in the house, and let it register and log into it using the IP? or do I directly connect it to a PC and somehow get into it that way.

sorry to be asking such as obvious question, but I'm a programmer and hardware is just not my gig.

Thanks for any help, Kathryn