it was all good, then drops signal and i dont know how to get it to re connect
it is a netgear router,
what do i need to enter in the areas?
I had a buddy set up the wireless and i dont know crap about it

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You need the password, remember him telling you a password? Did he write it on the router, or is it on the bottom of the router?

Sometimes it's on the box that the router came in.

Brad

You need the key to connect. Better get your buddy to tell you what he set it to.

Ask your friend if he set it up with a password. If so,

There is a button on top of the router. press it, then your laptop will get the password and should hook up. (If you have a newer lynksis router)

barring that, unplug your router, then plug it back in. it should work then.

Or it could be a driver/software issue.

[This message has been edited by htexans1 (edited 02-28-2011).]

What Brad said. My router has a series of numbers on the bottom which is the password. I just typed that in for the password.. When my cousin's family comes down, I gave them this # and they enetered it into their computer to log on to my secure wi-fi networ.

On my system the network key is the string of numbers on the bottom/back of the actual router in between the [ ] brackets....'Hope this helps.

I think I remember reading something on the Internet about router default passwords.One little problem,is,if you find this default password information on the Internet,you would need to know the brand of router.

Enter the password "Armageddon"

It will ask you if you want to play a game.

Answer is.

"Global Thermonuclear Warfare"

It should take it from there

quote Originally posted by James Bond 007: I think I remember reading something on the Internet about router default passwords.One little problem,is,if you find this default password information on the Internet,you would need to know the brand of router.

That's for something different. That's once you log into the router, and is for administrator stuff.

$Rich$, are you plugged into the router right now?

Brad

plug laptop into router
type in 192.168.1.1
default login on netgear should be admin and pw - password
click wireless settings on the left
should give you the network name and the kind of encryption (ie wep wpa etc) as well as the password
unplug laptop
use password

hope this helps

thanks ill give it a whirl tonight

This might help.
http://www.phenoelit-us.org/dpl/dpl.html
http://www.routerpasswords.com/

[This message has been edited by James Bond 007 (edited 03-01-2011).]

the default is on the bottom of the router




when i put it in i get this message

Those numbers on the bottom are not the WEP key, afaics. One is the serial number of the actual router, the other is the MAC key. There should be another number, with 13 digits, which is the correct one.
This is the bottom of my router, showing everything including SSID, MAC address,

Nick
PS. by the way...once it has been connected to the router, it should remember the WEP key, and you shouldn't need to retype it in. Have you checked your 'wireless network' settings? If you click on the icon for the internet on the lower toolbar, it should list the networks avaiable, if there are more than one. It is possible the correct one you need is there still, but is not the first one the router/laptop will try to use. If that is the case, just rearrange the list so the one you need is at the top.

[This message has been edited by fierofetish (edited 03-01-2011).]

Just downloaded and read the manual for your router. The default SSID is NETGEAR and encryption is disabled, so your friend changed the SSID to RichandElisa and set up WPA encryption, which uses a password (the network key) that apparently he didn't tell you. Easiest way to fix this is to call him and ask him what he set the password is. Otherwise Try this:

get an ethernet cable and plug one end into your computer, and the other end into one of the four ports on the back (not the one the modem is plugged into). Open Internet Explorer and type this:

192.168.1.1

and press enter. If your friend didn't change the login info here, the default user name is 'admin' and the default password is 'password' (without the ' symbols, and all in lowercase). This should let you into the settings to change the wireless password.

Here's the manual:

static.highspeedbackbone.net/pdf/netgear-WPN824-manual.pdf