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

lotas · Post by **lotas** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:38 pm

Hey guys my dad messed up the wireless network so now I have to connect his laptop back to the network, but its asking for a Network key or WEP/WPA. I remember writing this down for him when I set it up but he can't find the paper lol. Any idea on how to look it up? I typed in the router's IP and looked under settings but I can't find anything that has anything to do with WEP/WPA, just ISP usernames and passwords and stuff.

Thanks if you have any other ideas.

Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:53 pm

What type of router is it? I know on my Dlink it's under the 'wireless' settings . There is a drop down for security, where you can select WEP or WPA

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

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

lotas · Post 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.

solacedagony · Post 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.

lotas · Post 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

solacedagony · Post 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]

William from NOLA · Post 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.

lotas · Post 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"

William from NOLA · Post 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.