How to connect my laptop to router?
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I've had WPA2-PSK and wanted to change it to WEP to connect my DS to Wi-Fi since it can only connect to WEP.
I typed in my Default Gateway into the browser and was about to change the wireless security. But I decided that I should change my SSID first to see if the small change would keep everything the same. I changed the first letter of the SSID from lower case to upper case and applied the changes. I then lost connection to the Internet on my laptop where I was doing the changes.
On the network list it did change and it shows up with the upper case letter but it won't connect to the Internet.
Please, what do I do to fix this? I tried unplugging the router and plugging it back in an it still doesn't work.
I have a Belkin router.
I typed in this question through my iPhone 4s using 3G to connect.
For a wireless connection, you must make everything in the laptop match the router. You may have to have the laptop forget the previous connection info and reenter it from scratch.
Generally routers are programmed from a wired computer for this very reason. Do you have a wired computer connected to the router? If so, use that. If not, turn the wireless off in the laptop, connect it with a cable to the router and let the router assign the laptop an IP. Set the router as you need it. Then disconnect the cable, turn on the wireless on the laptop and reestablish a Wi-Fi connection from scratch.
Have your laptop look for new wi-fi connections.
Then find the SSID you changed to.
Connect to it. You will have to enter the password again to connect.
After you do this once, it should connect automatically after that.
NOTE: You will have to do this after any change to the SSID, password, encryption type, and other settings. (like changing to WEP) Which I would not advise you to do. It is very in-secure.
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