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[silversurfer44]

Great, I'm working in the dark now. Is there a selection or dropdown menu to select what type of encryption you want or does one say disabled?

[chrissie]

Great, I'm working in the dark now. Is there a selection or dropdown menu to select what type of encryption you want or does one say disabled?

right...under the encryption and authentication page there is a box for security which has a drop down menu and the WPA2 thingy is automatically in there and underneath there is a box for pre-shared key.....

[BritBrat]

I found a slide show in French it may help or not.

www.cc-parthenay.fr


And a site with an English manual if I have the right router!!!:
csmwebdesign.pagesperso-orange.fr

[silversurfer44]

That's good BritBrat but we are nearly there.

All you need to do now is very carefully enter your password in that box, that's the password I suggested to make right at the start, you did do that didn't you.? Press save settings or OK or whatever it says and you are cooking on gas.

[chrissie]

Colin there is no actual word saying PASSWORD but the box underneath the security (wpa) is signed   pre-shared key....the info in that box is the number that's the security number under the box.  I can see that you can highlight and delete that number, would I do that and put my own password there then?

[silversurfer44]

Yes that's the place to put it. You then need to save it somehow with a save settings button or an OK button. You're doing great.

[BritBrat]

Make sure you remember the password and type it correctly.

What I do is type it into a plain text (notepad) document and save it then copy and paste it into router and save.

[chrissie]

Thanks guys....but first off (sorry) this is the help bit on that page and reading further down it....it's talking about radius server IP address etc and I don't know any of this...anyway this is the start of the help for this....

Encryption and authorisation methods

WPA2-PSK(AES) or WPA-PSK: These encryption methods encrypt the transmitted data on the basis of a string that the user enters (called pre-shared key) by using complex encryption procedures. This offers the best possible security for your wireless network.

Mine is WPA2-PSK/WPA-PSK (the PSK meaning preshared key....

[BritBrat]

All SS is trying to get you to do is change the PSK to something more secure in router.

Then you will use that same key to access the internet through wireless using the laptop.

At the moment your key is what it written on the bottom of the router and that can be hacked and that is why he is getting you to change it.

[silversurfer44]

Forget about any of the other types of encryption. If you have wpa2-psk showing and your password in (the one you made) then you are ok to close the web pages, providing you have saved the settings on the webpage.

You will find out when you try to connect with your laptop. It will be the same as for connecting at your daughters except you will have to enter your password.
Let me know of any problems.

[chrissie]

All SS is trying to get you to do is change the PSK to something more secure in router.

Then you will use that same key to access the internet through wireless using the laptop.

Hi BB I can see that yes, it's just that the poor guy is dealing with a born again coward when it comes to doing techy things on my computer lol  

[chrissie]

Forget about any of the other types of encryption. If you have wpa2-psk showing and your password in (the one you made) then you are ok to close the web pages, providing you have saved the settings on the webpage.

You will find out when you try to connect with your laptop. It will be the same as for connecting at your daughters except you will have to enter your password.
Let me know of any problems.

Ok Colin thanks, it keeps logging me out whilst not in use so will log back in...will put my new password and have noted it down into the preshared box and click ok....here's hoping I don't get dissed off the net 

[BritBrat]

chr1$$1e would be a good key  sorry just messing about.

The password you are changing should have no effect on your current connection and only wireless side that you have no devices connected at the moment.

[chrissie]

I've changed the preshared key password, it logged me off tinternet and obviously connected again......but in the password box where I put mine it actually shows the passwork (like it did with the original one) it's not starred out like most passwords are....so if someone "broke into the box" would see the password in the router info 

[BritBrat]

I would not worry about that right now.

I guess SS is now going to ask you to start up the laptop.