Cant Enter Password to Own WiFi Network?

Jitter · Aug 9, 2009, 01:36 AM

I set up my friends router about 2 weeks ago. It was working fine till today. There are 3 PCs using it. He has a work PC, Personal PC, and his mom has a PC (all are laptops). When I first set it up the network I encountered a problem w/ his mom's PC. The network was showing up as encrypted (wpa/2) and when the box came up to put in the password it would not let you type in the box at all. I tried opening up notepad, typing the password in there and copy/paste it into the box. It would let you paste in the box, but only the first 6-7 digits of the password would paste. Both the other PCs worked fine PW box would come up and you typed it in and it would connect....I ended up creating a new profile and manually entering in all the network info and it worked that way, but the password problem just dumbfounded me?

My next question is he couldnt get online today so I told him to turn the router off and on, and after that it worked. However, the network name seemed to get wiped out. The encryption and stuff stayed the same, only the network name was gone. It defaulted back to just linksys. I thought you had to do a hard reset of the router for something like that to happen. He internet is working fine I was just confused as to these two problems, any help or insight would be appreciated.

procupine14 · Aug 11, 2009, 10:46 PM

I have had some routers that are getting up in age on networks that I have setup do the second issue. My old Belkin router reset the SSID when it was unplugged a couple times and (right before it finally bit the dust) it reset to default when I unplugged it to mess with my cable modem.

The only solution I can come up with the first issue was that something on the laptop itself must have been funny. the easiest way to fix that would be to remove it from the list of saved networks on the laptop and then establish a new connection to the router.

Chaos · Aug 11, 2009, 11:17 PM

another thing to try is physically resetting the router to factory default setting. Many have a small pin size button that has to be depressed to reset everything

procupine14 · Aug 12, 2009, 07:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaos

another thing to try is physically resetting the router to factory default setting. Many have a small pin size button that has to be depressed to reset everything

Wow.....I totally forgot to put that in my post oops

Aug 9, 2009, 01:36 AM	#1
Jitter HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 533 Rep Power: 0	Cant Enter Password to Own WiFi Network? I set up my friends router about 2 weeks ago. It was working fine till today. There are 3 PCs using it. He has a work PC, Personal PC, and his mom has a PC (all are laptops). When I first set it up the network I encountered a problem w/ his mom's PC. The network was showing up as encrypted (wpa/2) and when the box came up to put in the password it would not let you type in the box at all. I tried opening up notepad, typing the password in there and copy/paste it into the box. It would let you paste in the box, but only the first 6-7 digits of the password would paste. Both the other PCs worked fine PW box would come up and you typed it in and it would connect....I ended up creating a new profile and manually entering in all the network info and it worked that way, but the password problem just dumbfounded me? My next question is he couldnt get online today so I told him to turn the router off and on, and after that it worked. However, the network name seemed to get wiped out. The encryption and stuff stayed the same, only the network name was gone. It defaulted back to just linksys. I thought you had to do a hard reset of the router for something like that to happen. He internet is working fine I was just confused as to these two problems, any help or insight would be appreciated. __________________ Sony Vaio PCV-RX670 P4 1.8ghz XP Pro SP2 1 GB PC2100 RAM ATI All in Wonder 9700 pro Audigy 2 ZS Aquamark ~29,500 3dMark03 ~ 5,000

Aug 11, 2009, 10:46 PM	#2
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,400 Rep Power: 56 System Specs	Re: Cant Enter Password to Own WiFi Network? I have had some routers that are getting up in age on networks that I have setup do the second issue. My old Belkin router reset the SSID when it was unplugged a couple times and (right before it finally bit the dust) it reset to default when I unplugged it to mess with my cable modem. The only solution I can come up with the first issue was that something on the laptop itself must have been funny. the easiest way to fix that would be to remove it from the list of saved networks on the laptop and then establish a new connection to the router. __________________ HTPC/file server: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom x4 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 800 (2x2GB) - 1TB WD Black - 4 x 1TB Hitachi DeskStar in RAID 5 - ATi TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner - HIS Raedon 4850 512MB - ASRock N68C-S UCC mobo - OCZ ModExtreme Pro 500W PSU GF's Gaming PC: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit - AMD Phenom 9850 - 4GB OCZ DDR2 1066 - 500GB Western Digital GP - HIS Raedon 5770 1GB - ASUS M3A78-EM - Zalman 650W PSU Media Streamer: Win 7 Pro 64-bit - AMD Athlon x2 3200+ - 4GB SuperTalent DDR2 800 - 250GB SeaGate Barracuda - MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - ASUS Raedon 5450 SILENT - FSP group 250W PSU

Aug 11, 2009, 11:17 PM	#3
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,269 Rep Power: 165 System Specs	Re: Cant Enter Password to Own WiFi Network? another thing to try is physically resetting the router to factory default setting. Many have a small pin size button that has to be depressed to reset everything __________________