Okay, I know I should have written down but didn't. I have a Linksys wireless broadband router, is there a way to find out my wep key? All I did was move one of my computers from one room to another, and now it wants to know the wep key again and I don't know what it is.

I read something about logging into your router? Don't know exactly how to do that. Any help would sure be appreciated.

P.S. I'm no rocket scientist when it comes to all the techno stuff so go easy on me okay.

Connect a computer to a wired connection on the router. Point your browser at http://192.168.1.1/ That should take you to the admin interface of the router. If that doesn't work, check the documentation that came with your router --- it will give you the correct aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd IP address.

If you (or someone else) has not set the password for the admin screen, the default for Linksys (the last I used one) was blank for the username and "admin" for the password, but again, RTFM. BTW, of you set up WEP security but left the admin login default, perhaps someone found your wireless and changed the key for you.

If all else fails, do a hard reset on the router and start over. "Hard reset" is not just a power cycle... there is usually reset button on the bottom or somewhere that requires a stylus (pen, paperclip, etc.) to push it... you usually have to hold it in for 30 seconds or more to cause the hard reset. This will take your router back to factory default settings for everything.

Hey, wait a minute... moving your computer should not have required the re-entry of the key. Perhaps moving your computer means another nearby wireless signal is now stronger than yours, and it is trying to connect to a different wireless signal altogether? Before I reset everything, I'd definitely look into that possibility. Maybe all you need to do is make sure you are trying to connect to the correct network.

Iceblue, thanks the reset button did the trick.

Leo

lol same problem reasly well not i am trying to set up the house to wireless and now i set it up on my fist lap top everything went fine now i go to the next desktop computer to connect to the wireless i need the wep key or wpa key and i carnt remember where to find it

I have that problem also but i lost the manual and i play the Ds andi can't setup my wi-fi conection without it and why don't they just show what your WEP key is for petes sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111

Clarkboy, Nicholas:
Connect your computer to router by ethernet cable. Have a look at the manual (download if necessary) and find the router's user interface default (factory set) login and password (user name will be admin with a password like password or netgear or linksys etc). Do not confuse this with the encryption passphrase or ISP logon name and password.

Once you are in the router's user interface, disable wireless encryption or reset the WEP or WPA passphrase to a new one.

As mentioned by Iceblue above, if you cannot get into the router user interface using the default password, the default may have been changed by the user. The way round that it to use the reset button on the router -- however, this does revert all router settings to the defaults.