setting password for wireless base station

[Guest MT]

Setting up wireless in my home. Instructions call for using admin as the the

basic password, but the system rejects it. Any idea where to go from here? I

am not a techie, so please be patient with me.

[Guest Malke]

MT wrote:

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> Setting up wireless in my home. Instructions call for using admin as the

> the basic password, but the system rejects it. Any idea where to go from

> here? I am not a techie, so please be patient with me.</span>

 

You've provided no information that would enable me to give you specific

advice - such as the make/model of your wireless router or where you are

trying to enter this "basic password". The following are therefore general

steps:

 

Setting up a router is quite simple. Normally you run the CD that came with

the router and follow the instructions. If you're running Vista perhaps the

CD that came with the router won't work; I don't know this. But you can set

up the router without a CD. Note that if you have cable Internet, for the

connection you just set the router to do DHCP (or there may even be a

choice of cable for you to select). If you have DSL Internet, you usually

select PPoe and enter the username and password which you chose when

originally setting up the DSL connection. So:

 

1. Turn off the power to your cable/DSL modem.

2. Attach a cat5e ethernet cable (usually provided with the router) going

from the router's Internet/WAN port to the cable/DSL modem's ethernet port.

3. Attach a cat5e ethernet cable going from your computer's network adapter

to one of the ports on the router. If you don't have an ethernet cable

(because you were using USB), you will need to go to the store and buy one.

4. Turn on the cable/DSL modem. After all the lights are on, turn on the

router.

 

To configure the router:

 

Have a computer connected to the router with an ethernet cable. Examples

given are for a Linksys router. Refer to your router manual or the router

mftr.'s website for default settings if you don't have a Linksys. Open a

browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox and in the addressbar type:

 

http://192.168.1.1 [enter] (this is the router's default IP address, which

varies from router to router so check your manual)

 

This will bring you to router's login screen. The default username is left

blank and the Linksys default password is "admin" without the quotes. Enter

that information. You are now in the router's configuration utility. Your

configuration utility may differ slightly from mine.

 

Click on the Administration link at the top of the page. Enter your new

password. WRITE IT DOWN SOMEWHERE YOU WILL NOT LOSE IT. Re-enter the

password to confirm it and click the Save Settings button at the bottom of

the page. The router will restart and present you with the login box again.

Leave the username blank and put in your new password to get back into the

configuration utility.

 

Now click on the Wireless link at the top of the page. Change the Wireless

Network Name (SSID) from the default to something you will recognize. I

suggest that my clients not use their family name as the SSID. For example,

you might wish to name your wireless network "CastleAnthrax" or the

like. ;-)

 

Click the Save Settings and when you get the prompt that your changes were

successful, click on the Wireless Security link which is right next to the

Basic Wireless Settings link (where you changed your SSID). If you have a

newish computer, you will be able to set the Security Mode to

WPA2-Personal. Do that and enter a passphrase. The passphrase is what you

will enter on any computers that are allowed to connect to the wireless

network. WRITE IT DOWN SOMEWHERE YOU WILL NOT LOSE IT.

 

At this point, your router is configured and if the computer you were using

to configure the router is normally going to connect wirelessly, disconnect

the ethernet cable and the computer's wireless feature should see your new

network. Enter the passphrase you created to join the network and start

surfing.

 

Malke

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[Guest Daniel Petri]

I suggest you provide more information as to what exactly are you trying to

do, we're clueless...

 

Here's a good place to start: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

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Sincerely,

 

Daniel Petri

MVP, Senior IT consultant, trainer

www.petri.co.il

 

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> Setting up wireless in my home. Instructions call for using admin as the

> the

> basic password, but the system rejects it. Any idea where to go from here?

> I

> am not a techie, so please be patient with me. </span>