WEP, I Kicked Myself Out of My Own Network . . . help. . .

[Diggy]

Sony Vaio, XP Home, Netgear WG511 wireless card, Netgear WG602 Access Point
(WAP connects to Router which connects to Cable Modem)

I had everything working fine until I decided to get fancy by trying to turn
on WEP. Now I seem to have locked myself out of my WAP There's no
internet connection possible, and worse, I can't seem to access the WAP
set-up page through IE in order to turn-off the WEP! Someone suggested that
I should try connecting to the WAP through a direct ethernet connection.

1. What's a direct ethernet connection?
2. Is it really possible to lock yourself out of your own WAP?

 

[Paul E]

You can hard reset your router back to factory defaults... or you can do as
suggested and use a direct connection.

 

[Diggy]

Ok, so on the back of my WAP, there's a reset button, but even after
pressing it, it doesn't seem that the WEP is being disabled. Does that
sound right?

And I tried plugging the ethernet cable into both the computer and also the
WAP, but then what connection do I use? So far I haven't been able to see
the setup page even when directly connected. Does _this_ sound right?

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ICQ#
| You can hard reset your router back to factory defaults... or you can do
as
| suggested and use a direct connection.
|
| | > Sony Vaio, XP Home, Netgear WG511 wireless card, Netgear WG602 Access
| Point
| > (WAP connects to Router which connects to Cable Modem)
| >
| > I had everything working fine until I decided to get fancy by trying to
| turn
| > on WEP. Now I seem to have locked myself out of my WAP There's no
| > internet connection possible, and worse, I can't seem to access the WAP
| > set-up page through IE in order to turn-off the WEP! Someone suggested
| that
| > I should try connecting to the WAP through a direct ethernet connection.
| >
| > 1. What's a direct ethernet connection?
| > 2. Is it really possible to lock yourself out of your own WAP?
| >
| > --
| > ICQ#
| >
|
|

 

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

Ok, so on the back of my WAP, there's a reset button, but even after
pressing it, it doesn't seem that the WEP is being disabled. Does that
sound right?

And I tried plugging the ethernet cable into both the computer and also the
WAP, but then what connection do I use? So far I haven't been able to see
the setup page even when directly connected. Does _this_ sound right?

You might need to hold the reset button for several seconds -- check
the WAP's documentation. It should also say whether to turn the power
on or off when doing the reset.

Don't connect a computer directly to the WAP. Connect the computer
and the WAP to your router with regular Ethernet cables. The router
will assign IP addresses to both of them.

To communicate with the WAP, you need to know its IP address. If your
router has a DHCP clients table, that should show it.

Once you succeed in connecting to the WAP, assign it a static IP
address so that you'll always know what IP address it has. Pick an
address outside of the router's DHCP range. For example, if the
router assigns 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.100 to DHCP clients, assign an
address in the range 192.168.1.101 - 192.168.1.254 to the WAP.
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

 

[Diggy]

Hey, it wasn't resetting just because I wasn't holding the button in long
enough! Jeeze. Thanks for the tip.

I don't think my router has a DHCP client table, so I'm not sure what IP to
assign my WAP (I do see where to specify the fixed IP address though).
After I figure that out I'll try again with the WEP.

Thanks for the info, it helped a lot.

--
ICQ#
| In article <[email protected]>, "Diggy"
| >Ok, so on the back of my WAP, there's a reset button, but even after
| >pressing it, it doesn't seem that the WEP is being disabled. Does that
| >sound right?
| >
| >And I tried plugging the ethernet cable into both the computer and also
the
| >WAP, but then what connection do I use? So far I haven't been able to
see
| >the setup page even when directly connected. Does _this_ sound right?
|
| You might need to hold the reset button for several seconds -- check
| the WAP's documentation. It should also say whether to turn the power
| on or off when doing the reset.
|
| Don't connect a computer directly to the WAP. Connect the computer
| and the WAP to your router with regular Ethernet cables. The router
| will assign IP addresses to both of them.
|
| To communicate with the WAP, you need to know its IP address. If your
| router has a DHCP clients table, that should show it.
|
| Once you succeed in connecting to the WAP, assign it a static IP
| address so that you'll always know what IP address it has. Pick an
| address outside of the router's DHCP range. For example, if the
| router assigns 192.168.1.1 - 192.168.1.100 to DHCP clients, assign an
| address in the range 192.168.1.101 - 192.168.1.254 to the WAP.
| --
| Best Wishes,
| Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
|
| Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news group
| for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
| addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
|
| Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
| http://mvp.support.microsoft.com