Iā??m not a hugely technical person or anything but he probably just secured his wireless network (password protected type thing.) I have a router and thatā??s what I did even though I donā??t have any neighbors close enough to use it.

As for answering your question I donā??t know. I would assume you would have to configure it. I even had to fucking configure my browser to work with it. Which I screwed up some how and I have to do again. Good thing linksys has kick ass customer support. If you go to their site I bet you can find the answer your looking for they have tons of free online info on the subject

linksys.com

Good luck