Need to find WEP key

Plug

Were in gods green earth can i find the wep key? Please:(

zod

in your router .. go to the security config

Baraboo

Quick answer:

If you are setting up a wireless network you can generate one using the software that came with your router.

If you are trying to join a wireless network you will have to ask the person who set the network up to give you the wep key.

Plug

zod wrote:

in your router .. go to the security config

Were will i find that?

Compurard:(

blue4ever

You can link to your router via its IP address – 192.168.1.1 – usually a default – once there you will be asked for a username and password – get the default from your documentation or the web site – its fairly straight forward from there to adjust the settings

Plug

were do i type that in?

Baraboo

Look without being insulting you do not know enough about this to start from this position. You have posted twice without giving any real information about the network or router and only giving a vague idea of what you want.

If you are setting up a new network you will need the documentation and CD that came with the router and will need to set it up in sequence in order to have a secure working network. (Read the Manual.)

If you already have a network it may be someone else set it up for you and if so you should consult them about wep keys and security in general.(Ask the Admin) If you set it up yourself you should consult the documentation or guide that came with the software. (Read the manual.)

If you are trying to join another network you will need to ask the administrator of that network. (Ask the Admin)

Plug

Yes as i said Im a computard:( All i want to do is get the wep kep so I can hook up the psp online. so your saying just to as the broadband croud about my wep key, churus in my case.
i just have a normal modem, a motorola thing that isen't wireless but I got a linksys wireless-g.

DaSilva

have you got a computer running that connects too the internet using wireless?

If so is it running Windows XP?

Plug

Its hooked up by an normal modem but I had to get the other wireless thing and yes it is xp.

Endurance Man

Get the brand and model number of the wireless router. Go to this website: http://portforward.com/routers.htm
Find your router and click on the link for it, if you read down it will give you the IP address of that router, this is the address that you need to enter into the address bar of any internet browser (firefox/IE).
Now plug the wireless router directly into your pc via whatever connection it has, you may need to unplug your broadband router first. Now enter the IP given by that website and you should be able to access the router and get the info.
Post up the make and exact model if you arent sure where to find the IP.

DaSilva

Plug wrote:

Its hooked up by an normal modem but I had to get the other wireless thing and yes it is xp.

Sorry I'm a little confused by what you said.

Do you have any computers that connect to the wireless router?

Plug

no:(

Plug

Problem loading page is all im getting anytime i enter the ip address.
http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/WUSB54GS/default.htm thats the link.

Endurance Man

Ok, so this is the IP you need to enter: 192.168.1.1. The user name and password will be "admin".
Have you connected the wireless router directly to the pc? Dont plug it in via the broadband modem, that just confuses things. What connection does it use?

irlrobins

If that is the correct Linksys hardware, then what you bought was a wireless USB adapter, and not a wireless router.

You will need set up Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) to share the broadband connection. You then connect the Linksys via USB and set up an ad-hoc wireless network. But the PSP will need to support connecting to an ad hoc network, which I'm not sure if it does or not.

This page will give more info: http://www.practicallynetworked.com/sharing/xp_ics/

Plug

Is there ayone from churus who would just come up and sort it out?

irlrobins

No, it's nothing to do with them. They only support their equipment and problems with that equipment, nothing else.

Plug

nothing more i can do now:(

irlrobins

Did you look at the link I posted?

Plug

Yeah but to no avail. Stupid computer:mad:

irlrobins

Well prehaps if you post what EXACTLY you've done to try and get it working and EXACTLY what error messages/problems you get. We're not mind readers so you need to be as detailed as possible.

Tom Dunne

Plug wrote:

Is there ayone from churus who would just come up and sort it out?

WTF is churus?

The setup you are looking for is

Internet<---> Modem <----> Wireless Router <----> PSP

Do you have a wireless router? If so, post up the make and model number. WEP is used on the wireless router.

Plug

tom dunne wrote:

WTF is churus?

The setup you are looking for is

Internet<---> Modem <----> Wireless Router <----> PSP

Do you have a wireless router? If so, post up the make and model number. WEP is used on the wireless router.

http://portforward.com/english/routers/port_forwarding/Linksys/WUSB54GS/default.htm

irlrobins

That page is wrong. If you do have the WUSB54G it is NOT a router, so you can't set up any portforwarding on it. Anyway, port fowarding has nothing to do with WEP key.

Plug

Right then....
i think i should bring it back to argos and get a better one. then try from there, were is the wep kep on the modem or the wireless thing?

Endurance Man

Plug wrote:

Right then....
i think i should bring it back to argos and get a better one. then try from there, were is the wep kep on the modem or the wireless thing?

Good idea, the wep key will either be printed on the modem or in the manual, make sure you get a wireless ROUTER.

irlrobins

Endurance Man wrote:

Good idea, the wep key will either be printed on the modem or in the manual

Neither, the WEP you set yourself so it won't be printed anywhere.

Endurance Man

irlrobins wrote:

Neither, the WEP you set yourself so it won't be printed anywhere.

Its printed on the back of my modem?

irlrobins

Eircom modem? They preconfig the modem with a wep which is the same as the modom serial number. But you can change this to whatever.