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Couple of weeks I had a technician install a wireless connection of my 2
computers.
Couple of days ago I purchased a Wii and could not find my wifi connection.
Trying to do it manual I was asked for the password. - have none he did not
tell me.
and I have no idea where to look for it.

Did a websearch and found an entry to the above subject. It says in order to
recover your password
on the linksys wireless router, push the reset button in the back and hold
for 7 seconds. Password and
Username will revert back to Admin

Just want to check with you all for advice, before I push the button.
BTW = called technician, he does not know what password he used, but told me
he hid the connection
and made it secure so no one can access/find it. (I guess that is including
me)
thanks for any help you can offer. Would love to connect my Wii to the
internet.
Monika

Purpledawn wrote:
> Couple of weeks I had a technician install a wireless connection of my
2
> computers.

Do you mean like the kind of professional technician which is supposed
to provide you with a report of their work including any passwords
introduced? That kind of technician?

> Couple of days ago I purchased a Wii and could not find my wifi
> connection. Trying to do it manual I was asked for the password. -
have
> none he did not tell me.

....meaning you get to do your own reconfiguration which you paid someone
else to do, or you should insist that the preceding alleged technician
provide you with the information at no additional cost, or you should
reconfigure both router and 2 computer passwords on general security
principles.

> and I have no idea where to look for it.

Even if you looked at the html page in the router, it would be hard to
see. There are tools which purpose is to see the asterisked passwords.

> Did a websearch and found an entry to the above subject. It says in
> order to recover your password
> on the linksys wireless router, push the reset button in the back and
> hold for 7 seconds. Password and
> Username will revert back to Admin

You certainly do wrap your paragraphs strangely. You must be using your
'enter' key to wrap your lines. You should instead allow your
newsreader editor to do the wrapping for you.

That will reset everything to the defaults. That isn't necessarily the
best move to accomplish your objective. You might actually like to keep
other parts of the linksys configuration and simply learn the wireless
password and keep it or change it. Resetting to the defaults is going
to require more work on your part which is what you paid a technician to
do in the first place.

> Just want to check with you all for advice, before I push the button.
> BTW = called technician, he does not know what password he used,

That is totally stupid.

> but
> told me he hid the connection
> and made it secure so no one can access/find it. (I guess that is
> including me)

That is totally bullsh*t

> thanks for any help you can offer. Would love to connect my Wii to the
> internet.

I guess you are now going to learn how to configure your own router and
comptuters. Does this mean that the technician gives you a refund on
whatever he did.

Which linksys router modelno are we talking about?



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Mike Easter

Above the wailing & moaning of the trolls,The Old Sourdough was heard
to say:

> Purpledawn mumbled in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:
>> Couple of weeks I had a technician install a wireless connection of my 2
>> computers.
>> Couple of days ago I purchased a Wii and could not find my wifi connection.
>> Trying to do it manual I was asked for the password. - have none he did not
>> tell me.
>> and I have no idea where to look for it.
>
>> Did a websearch and found an entry to the above subject. It says in order to
>> recover your password
>> on the linksys wireless router, push the reset button in the back and hold
>> for 7 seconds. Password and
>> Username will revert back to Admin
>
>> Just want to check with you all for advice, before I push the button.
>> BTW = called technician, he does not know what password he used, but told me
>> he hid the connection
>> and made it secure so no one can access/find it. (I guess that is including
>> me)
>> thanks for any help you can offer. Would love to connect my Wii to the
>> internet.
>> Monika
>
>
> Go ahead and reset your router, set your own username and password,
> and never call that so-called "technician" again. If you have troubles
> setting up things again, call upon a 12 year old neighbor kid and
> give him !0 bucks to fix things for you.

Yeah, that'd do it.

BTW, got something for you...& naturally, it's to do with...B-E-E-R!

http://web.mac.com/pconley3/Site/Balloon_Fiesta.html#23

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Mike Easter wrote:
> Purpledawn wrote:

>> BTW = called technician, he does not know what password he used,
>
> That is totally stupid.

> Which linksys router modelno are we talking about?

It is possible that your stupid tech didn't do anything with the
user/pass, in which case it is possible that the linksys user is still
the default and should be left blank and the pass should be admin.

That is, that you currently have the same kind of problem you will have
after you reset.

It is further possible that there isn't any wifi WPA (or WEP) setup in
the router since there wasn't any operational at the time of install, so
you can configure the wpa pass in the router and your wifi yourself.



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Mike Easter

Purpledawn wrote:

> Couple of weeks I had a technician install a wireless connection of my 2
> computers. Couple of days ago I purchased a Wii and could not find my
> wifi connection. Trying to do it manual I was asked for the password. -
> have none he did not tell me. and I have no idea where to look for it.
>
> Did a websearch and found an entry to the above subject. It says in
> order to recover your password on the linksys wireless router, push the
> reset button in the back and hold for 7 seconds. Password and Username
> will revert back to Admin
>
> Just want to check with you all for advice, before I push the button.
> BTW = called technician, he does not know what password he used, but
> told me he hid the connection and made it secure so no one can
> access/find it. (I guess that is including me) thanks for any help you
> can offer. Would love to connect my Wii to the internet.

There, I fixed the line wrapping problem.

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"Purpledawn" <> wrote in message
news:hbcou8$9h7$...
> Couple of weeks I had a technician install a wireless connection of my 2
> computers.
> Couple of days ago I purchased a Wii and could not find my wifi
> connection.
> Trying to do it manual I was asked for the password. - have none he did
> not tell me.
> and I have no idea where to look for it.
>
> Did a websearch and found an entry to the above subject. It says in order
> to recover your password
> on the linksys wireless router, push the reset button in the back and hold
> for 7 seconds. Password and
> Username will revert back to Admin
>
> Just want to check with you all for advice, before I push the button.
> BTW = called technician, he does not know what password he used, but told
> me he hid the connection
> and made it secure so no one can access/find it. (I guess that is
> including me)
> thanks for any help you can offer. Would love to connect my Wii to the
> internet.
> Monika

Thank you all for your answers and advice. Will do the reset button tonight.
Mike Easter wanted to know what kind of wireless router I am using. Its
called Linksys by Cisco, dual-ban, wireless-n Gigabit Router - Modelnumber
WRT320N. As to my uneven spaced paragraphs, that was my fault cause I hit
the enter key to start a new line. Sorry, still learning. Not all of are
"experts" and it was my impression that`s why this newsgroup exists - to
help us newbies.
Will let you know how it goes by tomorrow.
Monika

Purpledawn wrote:

> Thank you all for your answers and advice. Will do the reset button
> tonight. Mike Easter wanted to know what kind of wireless router I am
> using. Its called Linksys by Cisco, dual-ban, wireless-n Gigabit
Router
> - Modelnumber WRT320N.

The default condition is that it only asks for a password for which the
default is 'admin' without the quotes. Try that first before you reset,
because after you reset it will still be the same.

Then change the pw to something personal and secure.

> As to my uneven spaced paragraphs, that was my
> fault cause I hit the enter key to start a new line. Sorry, still
> learning.

Things are looking better.




--
Mike Easter

Above the wailing & moaning of the trolls,The Old Sourdough was heard
to say:

> William Poaster mumbled in 24hoursupport.helpdesk:
>> Above the wailing & moaning of the trolls,The Old Sourdough was heard
>> to say:
>
> snip
>>>
>>>
>>> Go ahead and reset your router, set your own username and password,
>>> and never call that so-called "technician" again. If you have troubles
>>> setting up things again, call upon a 12 year old neighbor kid and
>>> give him !0 bucks to fix things for you.
>
>> Yeah, that'd do it.
>
>> BTW, got something for you...& naturally, it's to do with...B-E-E-R!
>
>> http://web.mac.com/pconley3/Site/Balloon_Fiesta.html#23
>
> Awwwriigghht!!! Suddenly I'm *reeaallly* thirsty...
>
>

Thought that would "raise your spirits"!

> BTW, The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is really an impressive sight.

Yes, it looks quite something.

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