Connection with netgear to laptop

Feb 09, 2009

- Helen, if you open http://192.168.0.1/ from your desktop computer you should be able to login to the router configuration pages. Default username is "admin" and password is "password". You should be able to configure wireless access from there. It is probably not enabled. I found a link to manual for your router as well in case you lost it: http://kbserver.netgear.com/pdf/dg834pn_ref_manual_11Nov05.pdf#xml=http://kbserver.netgear.com/inquira/default.asp?ui_mode=answer&prior_transaction_id=6672999&action_code=6&highlight_info=352321589,12,23&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fkbserver.netgear.com%2Fpdf%2Fdg83

I suggest you first try enabling wireless connection without any encryption and see if your laptop connects or can see the router. Then change SSID name and enable encryption (use WPA-PSK, it's better), then check if laptop can see the new Access point with new SSID.