Pulling my hair out! Netgear key

sazzy6

I have just bought a Belkin wireless dongle for my old laptop with wireless and need to connect it. However the Belkin dongle needs a 10 digit password (apparently) it has taken about 3 looooong phone calls to establish this! It currently is only 8

Anyway I had a very kind offer to change it for me for £29.99!!!!!!!! OMG!!! No thank you was my very polite reply!

Anyway I have been on several web sites to try and change it including :

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081207142736AAvKlEw

But still had no luck. I am about to pull my hair out and I am really considering changing my password for £30 although it would pain me to do so.

You are my final hope before the pennies go whizzing out of my bank - any ideas??

closed

which router.

the password and encryption type has to match the router settings, which can be found by logging into the router config screen.

wpa encryption keys can be 8 - 63 characters

if you are using wep, change it to wpa or wpa2, as it's outdated and insecure

macman

Model?
Make and model of the wireless router you are trying to connect it to?
You simply use the same wireless encryption code that is already entered into your wireless router.
Make sure you use one of the WPA protocols and not WEP, which is not secure.

sazzy6

Thanks for quick response -

the router model is wgr614

when using the belkin dongle it only lets me use WEP

and not - WPA

but to be honest I don't know what either of these things mean - I am just so desperate to not pay £30 that I am trying

closed

which operating system and service pack (right click on my computer, properties)

www.routerlogin.net

macman

sazzy6 wrote: »

Thanks for quick response -

the router model is wgr614

when using the belkin dongle it only lets me use WEP

and not - WPA

but to be honest I don't know what either of these things mean - I am just so desperate to not pay £30 that I am trying

What encryption mode is currently being used?
Which model is the Belkin USB adaptor?
http://www.netwood.net/support/manuals/Netgear_WGR614v6_ref_man_20Apr05.pdf

Norman_Castle

Do dongles need a password?.

sazzy6

closed wrote: »

which operating system and service pack (right click on my computer, properties)

www.routerlogin.net

Just checked - xp 2002

sazzy6

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Do dongles need a password?.

It is a password to access the wireless network and the current one will not work

sazzy6

Ok update:

I have managed to log into the account on the router and I have changed the password to a 10 digit one and it still won't let me do it.

sazzy6

macman wrote: »

What encryption mode is currently being used?
Which model is the Belkin USB adaptor?
http://www.netwood.net/support/manuals/Netgear_WGR614v6_ref_man_20Apr05.pdf

the belkin model number is F7D2101

I missed this post sorry.