How I can change the password


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Which password are you talking about? We don't give password help at Tom's in case we inadventently help someone hack another person's system but if you need to know the password for your router or how to change the wireless security key in your own network only, we can help.



 

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The password to connect to my wireless internet. Several people know the network security key and I would like to change it in order to prevent them from having access to internet through my network. Please help me, I'm computer stupid, lol. THANKS
 


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.

It's best to keep a note of that security key in your

Documents folder and also outside the computer.