Re: wireless network

Posted by Steve on 5/10/08

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The security key is normally accessed through the wireless
router directly. You need to log in to the router as an
administrator to have access to this WPA or WEP security
encryption function. Most routers, including the US Robotics
one that I use, are accessed through a 'local' (i.e., not
WEB) IP address such as:

http://192.168.2.1/

Usually this will be http://192.168.X.Y, where X and Y are
small numbers like 0,1,or 2.

Just browse to that IP address and see what happens. With
luck, you may be able to find your router's local network IP
address by simple trial and error. Once you have located the
router, you will typically then get the router home page
screen on your browser, which will then ask you for a login
password, which in my USR unit, is set from the factory as
ADMIN. Then you can navigate to the router's wireless
encryption setup, where you should be able to see or change
the encryption password.

The best advice I could give is to go online and try to find
the instruction manual for your particular wireless router,
and see if this gives you a clue how to do something like I
have outlined above.

Good luck in the meantime!
Steve

On 5/04/08, Shelli/OK/1 wrote:
> I need to add my son's laptop to our wireless network.
> Unfortunately, someone threw away the information I had
> with the security key so now I can't add the laptop
> without it. How can I get another security key (or
> passcode)? I currently have our desktop as the server
> with the modem and router directly connected to it. I
> have my laptop on the network as wireless. I would
> appreciate any help!
>
> Thanks!
> Shelli

Posts on this thread, including this one

• wireless network, 5/04/08, by Shelli/OK/1.
• Re: wireless network, 5/10/08, by Steve.
• Re: wireless network, 5/29/08, by Ben.