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wireless help

augustaugust where you come from is goneRegistered User regular
edited June 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Okay guys - while I was gone my parents had a wireless internet set up. It has a netwrok key. They have no idea what it is. What do I do?

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  • PirateJonPirateJon Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Log on to the router. Write down the key. Copy the key to whatever.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Oookay... the default admin name/passwrod settings aren't working... I guess I have to call the guys who set this up and hope they remember?

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    august wrote: »
    Oookay... the default admin name/passwrod settings aren't working... I guess I have to call the guys who set this up and hope they remember?

    If whoever set it up didn't think to write down the network key, or the admin username and password for the WAP, then that person is incompetant, and you should really read up on Wireless networking, then do it over from scratch.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    They might have written it down, and my parents just totaly forgot about it. Yeah.

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Is there some way to reset the router if I have physical access to it?

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Or maybe get they key from this laptop?

    I'm guessing no.

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  • RuckusRuckus Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    august wrote: »
    Is there some way to reset the router if I have physical access to it?

    Procedure depends on the Router, but most have a Reset button (usually recessed, you have to use a pen or paperclip to push it). The button usually needs to be pressed for 5-10 seconds or needs to be held in while the Router is unplugged and then plugged back in.

    Be aware this will clear all the settings and return it to the Factory Default configuration.

    [edit] Extracting the key is probably much harder than starting from scratch.

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