cant remember password for wireless router

rabbitwarren

The touch just keep asking for the password. Tried the ip address but no good.

Looked at the instructions (thanks) found where it says change password but it asked for the original before we can change.....

Thought about pressing the reset button, but we had to pay to get it set up before and dont really want the extra expense.

I think the chap that set it up used a really long series of letters and numbers that doesn't mean anything.

espresso

rabbitwarren wrote: »

The touch just keep asking for the password.

It will keep asking for the passphrase, it would not be a secure wireless link if it didn't!

Tried the ip address but no good.

You need to enter the IP address into your browser on a PC connected using an Ethernet cable.

Looked at the instructions (thanks) found where it says change password but it asked for the original before we can change.....

Once you access the routers wireless set-up screen, you can enter any WPA pre shared key that you want without knowing what has been previously entered. Get a long random key from here. Copy & paste it to a notepad file for easy foolproof set-up.

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rabbitwarren

right.... here goes..
The laptop I'm using to write this is wireless connected to the phillips router. All up and working great....

The new touch has found the Phillips but asking for a password (which I have not got).

On the Touch, I have found a screen that is asking for

ip address (done)
subnet mask (found and done)
router ( I put in phillips 1) ???
DNS (found and done)
search domains ( dont know what this is or where to find it)
Client id ( again don't know)

Then it says

http proxy

off manual auto dont know what this is.

then says

url dont know what this is

espresso

rabbitwarren wrote: »

right.... here goes..
The laptop I'm using to write this is wireless connected to the phillips router. All up and working great....

The new touch has found the Phillips but asking for a password (which I have not got).
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So log into the router and sort out the pre shared key.

The rest is irrelevant until you have a wireless encryption key!

:rolleyes:

rabbitwarren

done that just now,
can't find anything that say encryption key????

espresso

Read the manual - page 11.

rabbitwarren

Thanks,, but you asume that I know what I am doing. I've logged on to the command prompt and got no information that you suggest,

idiots guide please

espresso

rabbitwarren wrote: »

Thanks,, but you asume that I know what I am doing. I've logged on to the command prompt and got no information that you suggest,

idiots guide please

Who mentioned command prompt?

The user manual is the idiots guide - read it.

DCFC79

rabbitwarren wrote: »

Thanks,, but you asume that I know what I am doing. I've logged on to the command prompt and got no information that you suggest,

idiots guide please

why dont you print the instructions off and 1 of you reads them and the other does what the person reads out from the instructions

fwor

As MX5huggy has already said, if you click on the following link it should take you to the management interface of the router:

http://192.168.1.2/

You should then have no trouble finding your way to the security settings. If it doesn't, the person who set it up for you may have changed its IP address, but most people don't bother to do that.