I awoke this morning to find my little brother (12 y/o) on my laptop complaining of no internet connection. When I checked the router, and modem, all lights that should be on, were. When I looked at the laptop, there was suddenly an icon for local area connection, which of course was X'ed out, and the wireless area connection, also X'ed out. When I tried to connect to my network, it asked for the passkey, but once entered, it didn't take. He swears he didn't click anything, but it turns out it wasn't connecting fast enough for him so he showed all wireless networks in range, clicked mine, and when asked for a passkey, just hit enter. Now when my g/f tries to connect her laptop to our network, she can't get in either. (although I accessed her laptop and she was on it last night with me) Same problem, asks for passkey, enters it, and nothing. Not even "Aquiring Network Address." My question is how do I fix this? How do I get back into my own network? Is there a way to reset the router and set a new passkey that will let me? Or has my security gone so far as if I bought a new router and hooked it up, I would still need the previous passkey? Please help before I murder this boy!! Thank you.
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18 years ago