Well, if you can stomach something more drastic, try the Tomato firmware. I put it on my WRT router and it's worked fantastic!
-Dafydd On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:05 AM, Ralph Boland <rpbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a wrt54g wireless G router which I purchased around 2007. > I haven't used it for about a year but have now plugged it in because > I have a new roommate who wants to access my Internet account wirelessly. > My computer (not plugged in wirelessly but run through the router) > accesses the Internet fine. > However when I went to change the wireless passwd I was not able to. > > After logging into the router I clicked on Wireless followed by > Wireless/Security. > > But the screen only shows > > Security mode: [WPA2 Personal ^] (The "^" implies click to bring > up menu to change) > > Oddly I am not able to change the WPA2 Personal setting > but I don't need to change this setting so that is OK. > > The problem is I should also see on the screen: > > WPA Algorithms: [TKIP ^] > > WPA Shared Key: [ ] > > Group Key Renewal [3600 ] seconds > > But I don't see this and thus cannot change the WPA Shared Key. > > Can someone tell me what is happening? > My guess is that because it hasn't had power for a year some memory > has been lost. > > The only solution I see right now is to hit the reset button on the Router > and set all the settings again. Hopefully something less drastic can be done. > > > Regards, > > Ralph Boland > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- http://dafyddcrosby.com - my programming blog http://lonesomecosmonaut.com - my fun blog _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
