Please connect the router directly to the computer with a network cable and switch on the router.
It will couple of minutes and your computer should have got a IP address from the router.
Go to command prompt :
1. Click on Start / Pearl / windows Orb
2. Click on Run (windows XP) / Search box (Vista / Windows 7)
3. Type Cmd and hit the enter key.
4. You will be in a black screen (command prompt)
Find the IP address of the router : Type the following
Ipconfig (and hit enter)
you will see the a number in this format - 192.168. X.X next to Default gateway.
Write down that number
Access Router page:
1. Open a browser window - Internet explorer / Mozilla
2. In the address bar type the default gateway address you noted down
3. Click on the Go button / just hit enter.
4. You should get a username & password request screen
Default ones are usually (unless any one has changed it or set differently by the manufacturer - refer the manual also)
Username: Admin or Administrator
Password: password / admin
In this screen you should be able to click on Wireless setting and there you can see your WEP key or you can change it to the one you wanted.
If you have a wireless computer on your network and it is operating with the WEP key, then download and install this utility.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareDownloadIndex?cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&softwareitem=mp-88884-1
Open the program and select "Start" it will do it's little scan and then when it finishes you should click on the Advanced Tools button. On the Advanced Tools page on the right+hand side, you will see a button that says Retrieve WPA/WEP Key, click on that.
If you do not have a wireless computer on your network, then you will have to find the WEP key in the router. On a computer that is plugged into the router by an Ethernet cable, go to Start, click on Run and in the Run window type CMD and press enter to bring up command prompt. In Vista and Windows 7, go to the Start Orb and type CMD into the Search bar, right+click on CMD in the pop up window and select Run As Administrator. Now that you're in command prompt type IPCONFIG /ALL and look for Default Gateway, that's your router's IP address, write that IP address down.
Now open up a web browser (firefox, internet explorer, Chrome, etc.) and type that IP Address into the address bar. Now your router login window will pop up, type in your login information for you router. The default login information for that router should be an empty username and
password = admin
Now that you're in your router, navigate to your Wireless>Wireless security page and right down the WEP key that is selected. That is your WEP key!
I hope this helps! If it does not, please comment back and let us know!
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