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WPA/WEP key...how to find it?

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by Chris from Washington » Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:12 pm

sounds like you might be 'connected' to the network, but you don't have the right encryption key set on the laptop. So it won't allow anything to pass. Basically you need the same 'key' on the laptop that is set on the router.

Usually to get into an admin screen of the router type this into your address bar
http://192.168.0.1/

by lotas » Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:52 pm

William from NOLA wrote:You can try unplugging the router and plugging it back in or restarting your laptop. Sometimes that helps.
yeah, sometimes it helps to throw it across the room and shoot it with a 12ga too...im almost there ;)

stuff like this makes me want to take computer classes, so I can not just know but understand. heck, if i was installing a stereo in a car and I couldnt explain what, why, and how everything worked, id go crazy.

by William from NOLA » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:37 pm

You can try unplugging the router and plugging it back in or restarting your laptop. Sometimes that helps.

by lotas » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:35 pm

man what the hell. now the laptop is connected to the wireless network but it wont pullup any website or anything. I just get the "page cannot be displayed"

by William from NOLA » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:09 pm

Depending on the router, you may need to have a PC hard wired to it to be able to access the admin features.

by solacedagony » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:45 pm

Do you have AIM, ICQ, MSN, etc? You can message me and I can give you a quick walkthrough.

AIM: solacedagony
ICQ: 14260041
MSN: [email protected]

by lotas » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:42 pm

Well first of all I'm not really wireless literate...I haven't played with it so I don't know any terms and such. Basically in the house we have a PC, and my dad's laptop, and the modem is hardwired to the PC.

And I have no idea how to disable WEP/WPA and enable MAC

by solacedagony » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:40 pm

You'll have to physically wire yourself so that you can access the modem.
In fact, if you're only going to have that one laptop on the modem at a time, I would disable WPA/WEP and just enable MAC address filtering. Much easier, I feel.

by lotas » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:35 pm

I don't know much about this but its just a modem...a Quest DSL Modem with Wireless Gateway...

As far as wireless security settings...how do you get to those? If you mean punching in the IP and such that doesnt work.

by solacedagony » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:53 pm

It'd be under the wireless security settings. What wireless router are you running?

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