hidden ssid broadcast problem.

jhe

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Solution to problem of course would have been use Wired Ethernet to change the settings

tried that, tried everything i could think of and googled problem. nothing worked.

debitcardmayhem

jhe wrote: »

tried that, tried everything i could think of and googled problem. nothing worked.

Aahh yes but the password for the router login was not the password for the WLAN (ie the SSID WPA/WEP password)
Edit: ie it went back to admin + password rather that admin + what you used when you changed it to not broadcast the SSID

jhe

espresso wrote: »

Just copy & paste a nice long random password from here.

secured it now thanks. just had to write it down. one i had could remember from memory so not to clever of me to have an easy password to crack.

jhe

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Aahh yes but the password for the router login was not the password for the WLAN (ie the SSID WPA/WEP password)
Edit: ie it went back to admin + password rather that admin + what you used when you changed it to not broadcast the SSID

not sure what you mean ?.
i tried the original password as well as the new one.
i tried the original ssid name as well as the one i had changed it too.
i was getting ready to fling it lol

debitcardmayhem

jhe wrote: »

not sure what you mean ?.
i tried the original password as well as the new one.
i tried the original ssid name as well as the one i had changed it too.
i was getting ready to fling it lol

What I meant was when you logged in to your router eg 192.168.x.1 (belkin I think is x=2) your router would present you with a log in screen in Internet Explorer(or Firefox or Chrome or browser of choice) and you would have entered admin and a password, then you change the SSID not to broadcast , and set up the Password for Wireless access to be what you subsequently thought "so not to clever of me to have an easy password to crack". If you had used an ethernet cable then the router login would still have been admin + password, the Wireless password would not have been involved. I hope that explains what I meant.

jhe

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

What I meant was when you logged in to your router eg 192.168.x.1 (belkin I think is x=2) your router would present you with a log in screen in Internet Explorer(or Firefox or Chrome or browser of choice) and you would have entered admin and a password, then you change the SSID not to broadcast , and set up the Password for Wireless access to be what you subsequently thought "so not to clever of me to have an easy password to crack". If you had used an ethernet cable then the router login would still have been admin + password, the Wireless password would not have been involved. I hope that explains what I meant.

now this is helping me for the next time i !!!! things up lol. thanks.
when i connected laptop to modem via ethernet and typed http://192.168.2.1/ (this was after i had messed things up).i couldnt access the router login page.cant remember if it said page not found or whether i lost the internet connection.
do you mean i should have used the ethernet to change the ssid in the 1st place

debitcardmayhem

jhe wrote: »

now this is helping me for the next time i !!!! things up lol. thanks.
when i connected laptop to modem via ethernet and typed http://192.168.2.1/ (this was after i had messed things up).i couldnt access the router login page.cant remember if it said page not found or whether i lost the internet connection.
do you mean i should have used the ethernet to change the ssid in the 1st place

That would be a yes, if you change it via wireless(Edit or ethernet) the router will reboot and then ..... wireless won't reconnect until you put in the new password, and if you mistyped one ??. Change any router settings via ethernet, then whilst still connected test the wireless.

jhe

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

That would be a yes, if you change it via wireless(Edit or ethernet) the router will reboot and then ..... wireless won't reconnect until you put in the new password, and if you mistyped one ??. Change any router settings via ethernet, then whilst still connected test the wireless.

i changed settings saturday morn, the laptop was connected all day and had no problems.
sunday the router wouldnt connect. definitely havnt mistyped any passwords.
ah well lesson learned i know not to mess with it again.
thanks debitcardhandyman

spannerzone

Yes, always have a network cable handy so when your mess up the wireless settings you can go into the modem router and change things back....we've all made that mistake I'm sure

jhe

spannerzone wrote: »

Yes, always have a network cable handy so when your mess up the wireless settings you can go into the modem router and change things back....we've all made that mistake I'm sure

had to use laptop all week via ethernet cable connected to modem.(i have a seperate router) still couldnt access the settings to change things back.
problem solved now and lesson learned.