Connect your router to the computer with the cable
that came with the router then go Start then Run in
XP - Windows key plus R in Vista and Windows 7 -
then type in the following, including all the spaces:-
cmd /k ipconfig /all
then press Enter and from the black form that
shows up, take a note of the numeric code beside
the Default Gateway icon - something like
192.168.0.1.
Type exit to close the black form.
Open Internet Explorer and enter that code into the
URL address bar as though it was a website. You're
then at the login page to the router's settings utility
and admin will usually be the login with either admin
or password as the password.
If you're in, seek out Wireless and then Security and
take a note of the key. Sometimes it may be a
passphrase, some a simple set of letters and others
a hexadecimal code. You also may as well note
which level of security it is - WEP, WPA or WPA/PSK
2 and then either AES or TKIP. Your computer will
already know this but it's handy information to
store. Note also that hexadecimal only contains
numbers from zero to 9 and letters a to f so there's
no confusion of I and O with 1 and 0.
Keep a note of that security key in My Documents
and also outside the computer.
If you need more help when this thread has been
inexplicably closed down, feel free to PM me.