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i got a nintendo ds for christmas and need to find my wep key on my computer for my wireless router. i have been searching my computer for two days now. its time to admit that i need some help. so some one please help me. asap.

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Hi, your WEP key would be in your router. Login to your router's setup and it will be somewhere in there. If you can't find how to login to your router, go to Start > Run type "cmd". In command window, type "ipconfig". Next to Default Gateway will be an IP address, in your browser go to http://THATNUMBER. If you post your make and model of your router, I will try to get you and exact way to find it without having to search.

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Its a linksys wireless-g broadband router
model WRT54G
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okay so i did like your previous post said and i don't know what to put in for user name and password...
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Hi loveeyouu99,

try logging in with this combination.

user name: admin
password: password

that's usually the default. if that doesn't work, try using 123456 as the password, or admin.

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Thank you so so much. that actually worked!

now i'll let you know if i find me wep key!
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still can't find my wep key anywhere..

any help with that?
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You'll probably need to go into your wireless settings. Can you see that in the menu? Once you get onto that page, you should see your WEP key. It may be called network key, as it is on mine.

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well i've got wap shared key...and i don't know if i should change it to wep because we have other things hooked up to our router and i don't want to mess those up.


so should i change it?
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Tip your router has default password and username this is a MUST to change it for security reasons you don't want someone to steel your internet

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Tip your router has default password and username this is a MUST to change it for security reasons you don't want someone to steel your internet
just make sure you write it down somewhere
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well i've got wap shared key...and i don't know if i should change it to wep because we have other things hooked up to our router and i don't want to mess those up.


so should i change it?


so what should i do?
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so what should i do?
What "other things" are connected?
MadMatt was referring to the fact that a router also serves as a hardware firewall-- and if it's wireless...and you don't use a good password-- anyone in the area with a laptop and a wireless card could utilize your connection for free.
Default passwords are a