Router Problem

mise

Hey,

First off I know very little bout most computer stuff. I have a Nintendo DS and decided to try connect to WiFi, as I have a Belkin Wireless Router which is compatible. Anyways, tried setting it all up, chnged the SSID and WEP key through the Belkin Site. But now the laptop I have setup in the other room cant access the internet. Does anyone know how I would go about connecting it back up again. Oh and I still cant conntect to WiFi with the DS either

Any help would be great! Thanks

MunsterCycling

You will need to set the SSID & WEP password on the laptop to what you changed it to earlier. Why did you have to change these if you had a working link? It would be easier to just use the ethernet cable to config the router as when you change the SSID or the password you break your link with the router.

Lets just get the lappie connected 1st then worry about the Nintendo.

Michael Collins

Maybe try getting it working with the security turned off first. Then you can turn it back on after.

mise

thanks for the responses

Well, I havent made much progress with this. I have matched up the SSID and WEP on the Laptop and it does acknowledge that there is a Wireless network but it says that its "Limited or no Connectivity" and still can't use the internet. Any ideas?

irlrobins

Sounds like the laptop is failing to get an ip address.
When it's "connected" to wireless, open a command prompt (Start->run->cmd). Then enter ipconfig /all. Post the output of this here. Are you sure you are entering the WEP key correctly? What you could try to do is switch off WEP on the router and then see if you can connect or not.

MunsterCycling

Hint: Don't type the password in, copy and paste it in so you eliminate the chance of typing it incorrectly.

As irlrobins suggests turn off the encription short term to see that you can connect, have you got MAC filtering on?

mise

I'm gonna try turning off the WEP when I get home, and ill get that output too. Would it do any harm if I restored the factory settings of the Router?

Boo to my technical ineptness, but thanks for all the help

irlrobins

No harm in starting from scratch. Just be sure to note any settings for the router that your ISP provided you with. (username, password, etc)

mise

Hey,

Thanks for all the help, was getting too confused and worried but doing more damage, so decided to call CS and got it all sorted. Apparently I had managed to wipe all the ROuter Settings, and the CS guy didnt know how I had done it.

Thanks again