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Post by arcrow on Sept 19, 2009 18:15:51 GMT -5
One of my old roommates gave me his netgear wireless router, but none of the instructions. It doesn't have a password and I'm tired of everyone in the building using it. Anyone know how to put one on?
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Post by Mira on Sept 19, 2009 18:19:30 GMT -5
Hmm, I think if you go to '127.0.0.1' in your browser you should get access to configure the router.
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Post by Tiger on Sept 19, 2009 18:45:51 GMT -5
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Post by arcrow on Sept 19, 2009 18:47:00 GMT -5
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Post by arcrow on Sept 19, 2009 18:49:51 GMT -5
Wow, ummm...ok. Going to take me awhile to make heads or tails of this. thanks.
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Post by SimSim on Sept 19, 2009 18:57:28 GMT -5
You'll want to use WPA-PSK. WEP has been cracked for ages. I believe in order to get to admin interface you need to go to routerlogin.net/ or maybe wirelessrouterlogin.net/ or something along the lines of those two. Believe the default password is password and default login name is admin.
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Post by arcrow on Sept 19, 2009 19:00:50 GMT -5
You'll want to use WPA-PSK. WEP has been cracked for ages. I believe in order to get to admin interface you need to go to routerlogin.net/ or maybe wirelessrouterlogin.net/ or something along the lines of those two. Believe the default password is password and default login name is admin. I know that much(seeing its written on the routuer lol) Is the WPA-PSK how you set the password. I think I have to remind you guys that a headless chicken can work computers better then me.
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Post by Mira on Sept 19, 2009 19:17:11 GMT -5
Jesus, now I feel like an idiot. Yeah, it's http://192.168.0.1 or http://192.168.1.1 (as it says in Tiger's link) not 127.0.0.1.
And that is everything I know about networking.
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Post by SimSim on Sept 19, 2009 19:32:31 GMT -5
Yeah Mattias, 127.0.0.1 is localhost.
Acrow, WPA-PSK is a form of encryption, but that probably is what you mean by password. It's just a matter of putting a password in the field for it in the router options and saving it. You'll need to re-establish the wireless connection and enter the password. Also, it's worth renaming the routers ESSID, that's the name that shows when you see the option of what network to connect to. Of course, you also need to change at least the password to login in to the router options, and username if you can.
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Post by arcrow on Sept 19, 2009 19:48:57 GMT -5
Yeah Mattias, 127.0.0.1 is localhost. Acrow, WPA-PSK is a form of encryption, but that probably is what you mean by password. It's just a matter of putting a password in the field for it in the router options and saving it. You'll need to re-establish the wireless connection and enter the password. Also, it's worth renaming the routers ESSID, that's the name that shows when you see the option of what network to connect to. Of course, you also need to change at least the password to login in to the router options, and username if you can. Ok, think I got it, thanks. Have to reset it thow to the factory settings. username or pass won't work so he must have mest around with it.
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Post by Mantorok on Sept 19, 2009 20:03:26 GMT -5
For future reference, you can find the manual and usually a quick-start guide just by entering the model number on the Netgear website (the model number should be on the same label that tells you the default login details).
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Post by Trevelyan on Sept 20, 2009 22:27:01 GMT -5
I find MAC address filtering is handy, but I also don't expect my network security to stand up to someone determined to us my wireless. I figure if you care enough to get past my security and you don't use too much bandwidth, go for it.
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Post by calee022 on Sept 21, 2009 5:53:05 GMT -5
In the apartment complex I live in, there are 2 wireless routers set up with no security whatsoever. 100% signal strength. I am on a wired router, but when I fire up the work laptop and am too lazy to plug in a wire, it is convenient.
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Post by SimSim on Sept 21, 2009 15:24:17 GMT -5
I find MAC address filtering is handy, but I also don't expect my network security to stand up to someone determined to us my wireless. I figure if you care enough to get past my security and you don't use too much bandwidth, go for it. MAC address filtering is fine as an added security measure, it's rather pointless if it's your only measure though.
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Post by Clown on Sept 25, 2009 5:15:24 GMT -5
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