Fixed one wi-fi setup, broke another...
June 10, 2010 9:56 PM Subscribe
I'm having a problem with wi-fi at my sister's apartment. Everyone's wi-fi was working except one girl's, so I tried to fix it and hers worked. Suddenly everyone else's stopped working...
I am very inexperienced with working with this. I thought I was adding the network to the one girl's setup, but apparently it seems I stole the router and setup a new network altogether and set it up for her, so nobody else's works. And now I can't do anything that works on my sister's computer -- her computer can see the wireless connection and it says it has excellent connectivity, but can't get the internet or anything from it.
Bottom line... pretty helpless here. Any help or ideas? I'll do my best to answer anybody's questions.
I am very inexperienced with working with this. I thought I was adding the network to the one girl's setup, but apparently it seems I stole the router and setup a new network altogether and set it up for her, so nobody else's works. And now I can't do anything that works on my sister's computer -- her computer can see the wireless connection and it says it has excellent connectivity, but can't get the internet or anything from it.
Bottom line... pretty helpless here. Any help or ideas? I'll do my best to answer anybody's questions.
Did you change the network name (SSID)? Did you change the DHCP settings or set static addresses? Are the MAC addresses registered, if the network is closed?
One of many step-by-step guides.
posted by dhartung at 10:07 PM on June 10, 2010
One of many step-by-step guides.
posted by dhartung at 10:07 PM on June 10, 2010
Reset the router, give it a brand new SSID and password and start everyone from scratch.
posted by k8t at 10:22 PM on June 10, 2010
posted by k8t at 10:22 PM on June 10, 2010
Response by poster: To reset it, you mean to unplug it and plug it back in?
posted by dubadubowbow at 10:46 PM on June 10, 2010
posted by dubadubowbow at 10:46 PM on June 10, 2010
There should be a little hole somewhere on there (usually in the back) that you have to push with a straightened-out paper clip.
posted by Bonzai at 10:54 PM on June 10, 2010
posted by Bonzai at 10:54 PM on June 10, 2010
A jeweler's screwdriver will also work for inserting into that hole.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:39 PM on June 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:39 PM on June 10, 2010 [1 favorite]
fwiw, i've had this problem before when trying to have pcs with vista, xp, and windows 7 all work at the same time. a number of resettings and ssid name changes via the different computers and it finally worked.
posted by melissasaurus at 12:39 PM on June 11, 2010
posted by melissasaurus at 12:39 PM on June 11, 2010
Response by poster: Okay, thanks for the help everybody-- I'll try that and see how it goes.
posted by dubadubowbow at 9:53 AM on June 12, 2010
posted by dubadubowbow at 9:53 AM on June 12, 2010
Response by poster: It works! What I had to do was use the "Network Setup Wizard," but it never asked me to set the SSID. It's not protected anymore, but they're happy and they say it works.
How would I go about adding a password to it now and changing the SSID? I'm just glad it's working but I'd still like to know how to work out the rest of it. Thanks for your help, everyone!
posted by dubadubowbow at 10:37 PM on June 12, 2010
How would I go about adding a password to it now and changing the SSID? I'm just glad it's working but I'd still like to know how to work out the rest of it. Thanks for your help, everyone!
posted by dubadubowbow at 10:37 PM on June 12, 2010
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posted by k8t at 10:02 PM on June 10, 2010