Learn Hardcore Spanish (Latin America): Configuro el wifi en la computadora antes de la reunión. - I set up the Wi-Fi on the computer before the meeting.

configuro is the first-person singular present indicative form of configurar, which means “to set up” or “to configure.” In Spanish, the present tense can be used to:

Describe an action happening right now (“I am configuring the wifi”).
Express a planned or imminent future action (“I’ll configure the wifi before the meeting”).
In this sentence, it implies you will set up the wifi as part of your preparations.

Why is the article el used before wifi?

wifi is an English loanword that Spanish treats as a masculine noun. Spanish assigns gender to borrowed words (often by analogy with similar endings), so we say el wifi. Even though English nouns have no gender, Spanish speakers consistently use the masculine article here.

Could we say configuro la red wifi or configuro la conexión wifi instead of configuro el wifi?

Yes. Saying configuro la red wifi (“I configure the wifi network”) or configuro la conexión wifi (“I configure the wifi connection”) is more precise. In everyday speech, however, el wifi is understood shorthand for “the network/connection,” so both forms are common.

Why is en used in en la computadora? Could we use con or a instead?