How do u find the WEP key

sandman2866 · Post by **sandman2866** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:54 pm

My parents just got a new router and I dont know how to find the WEP key and the stupid and dont know either how to a find it out?

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:57 pm

it came with a key set on it already?

Its in the settings of the router, obviously. read the manual maybe. Its different for each router.

sandman2866 · Post by **sandman2866** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:11 pm

I have no clue it might of it it helps its a bell e wire wireless router

benol · Post by **benol** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:13 pm

Can your parents use it? Maybe they just don't want to!

sandman2866 · Post by **sandman2866** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:16 pm

na they got nothing that uses wireless internet....

Edit....I found the WEP key (im using a psp) now when it goes to find Ip address it keeps timing out any ideas why?

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:28 pm

Aren't most routers set to like 192.168.1.1 or whatever ? So coulden't you just go to that in Firefox and change your setting and get your WEP ? Or am I just completely wrong ?

benol · Post by **benol** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:34 pm

sandman2866 wrote:na they got nothing that uses wireless internet....

Edit....I found the WEP key (im using a psp) now when it goes to find Ip address it keeps timing out any ideas why?

Maybe you have to configure your MAC address into your router.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:56 pm

benol wrote:
sandman2866 wrote:I found the WEP key (im using a psp) now when it goes to find Ip address it keeps timing out any ideas why?
Maybe you have to configure your MAC address into your router.

Ya, thats how I have mine set up. My dad's laptop didn't even get far enough to put the key in when I had the MAC filter on without his laptop's MAC address entered. Not that that matters, since I have it set to not broadcast the SSID, its set on WEP security (since not all PSP homebrew works with WPA), and has the MAC filter. If someone wants my stuff bad enough to go through that, they can have it, at least it'll keep the average Joe off of it.

sandman2866 · Post by **sandman2866** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 2:52 pm

so how do I do the mac address thing?....

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:20 pm

sandman2866 wrote:so how do I do the mac address thing?....

On a computer hooked up the the router, open your internet browser and type "192.168.1.1" into the address bar and it should take you to a settings page for your router. Then you shouldn't have too much of a problem figuring out whatever you need to know.
If not, give us more information, tell us everything that came with the router and what you did to set it up.

Felino · Post by **Felino** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:11 am

Its usually the default, wither on a sticker on the base, or A1E5C3D4F6.