manashouse

thanks KrisB. Now I am going to be even dumber!!

My other flatmate also bought a laptop a couple of months ago with XP on it.
he just had to change a couple of settings and enter the password to be able
to see the wireless network. I have just connected my laptop to the router
with a blue cord and it works so at least I know the internet works... And
other friends have just had to enter the password when they try to connect to
the network.

But what settings would I have to change to get the wireless side of things
working?

Does any of this make sense?!? I realise this is a really dumb question...

thanks

"KrisB" wrote:

> As the wireless connection is secured (WEP or WPA) you need to supply the
> encryption key to gain access. You mention a password, is this the admin
> password to get into maintain the router? You can connect to the router with
> an IP address like 192.168.0.1. Once in and after entering the password, you
> can find your encryption settings.
>
> "manashouse" <manashouse@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39B3F790-657E-413B-8415-28DC30849741@microsoft.com...
> > This is really dumb but hey... I bought a laptop with Vista on it today.
> > In
> > our house we have a wireless network set up and protected with a password.
> > I
> > can see the network and it says it is secured (or whatever it says) and
> > when
> > I try to connect to it, I get a message saying that I can't conect and the
> > diagnosis tells me that I need to change the settings so that they are the
> > same as the router (or something like that). But it never asks for a
> > password!!
> >
> > Where do I change the settings or put in a password? I really need to be
> > able to use my laptop and get to the internet!!
> > Thanks
>
>