What is a WEP key?Hi I'm having a problem with my Sony PSP and connecting it to the internet see I can get through everything but the WEP code. Is there a common WEP key? Are they all different? How would I be able to get mine? I searched everywhere but I still can't find it! HELP ME PLEASE! This is an amazingly common question I get from readers of Ask Dave Taylor and I can only assume that it's related to my being so well ranked for the phrase Sony PSP Help on the search engines. Here's the scoop: just like a housekey is keyed, literally designed to only open one lock, so is a wireless network security password intended to just open up one door, one access point to the Internet. If you don't have my house key, you can't unlock my front door, and similarly, if you don't have my WEP key, you cannot use my wireless network access point. Let me say that a different way too: if you are trying to use someone's wireless Internet (or "wifi") access point and don't have their password key, whether they're using WEP or WPA security, you will not be able to connect successfully and go online. The only way around this is to figure out whose access point it is and ask them for their password, if they'll give it to you. If they won't, or if it's that mean guy from across the hall or down the street, you're out of luck and will need to set up your own access point if you want to get your Sony PSP online in your home. Here's a good article to read: Set up a wireless access point for your Sony PSP. Again, I can't say this strongly enough: WEP and WPA are passwords intended specifically to keep unregistered, unknown users out of the network. You cannot trick them, guess the password or circumvent the security and utilize their access point, whether you're using a pokey little Nintendo DS unit, a Sony PSP, or even a high-powered Mac or PC laptop. With that in mind, I can now answer your questions: there is not a common WEP key because that'd be like having a keyed doorlock on your front door, but having it use the same key code as every other door on the street. It'd be useless. If you have your own wireless base station, check my earlier referenced article too, as I talk about how you can typically find your WEP or WPA password and enter it into your wifi device (PSP, etc). Hope that helps clear things up a bit. Once you are online, don't forget to check out the many articles I have discussing various aspects of Sony PSP Internet Connectivity too!
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Never miss another useful Q&A article again! Subscribe to AskDaveTaylor with Google Reader. WEP keys are cracked in minutes nowadays, use WPA ! Posted by: monsieur at May 17, 2006 8:34 AMOK. I read your section about WEP codes. HOWEVER, when I AM given a "password", I put it in the WEP key request and I get a message that says it can only be ASCI or hexidex something characters. HOW does one find out WHAT WEP code they have on their system when someone ELSE set it up for them? dude where in hell do i find the wep key password for my damn psp???? i am freaking mad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @Juan Your PSP does NOT have a WEP password. The wifi has the WEP key. you need to speak to the person who has the wifi router and ask them for the WEP. Posted by: Raindancer at September 19, 2006 1:13 PMUm how do i find my own WEP password Posted by: Mcihael at September 21, 2006 6:40 PMI recently purchased a membership to allpspgames.com to download videos and games to my psp...but I don't have a pc...is there a site that sells videos and movies/games that are already converted and psp friendly Posted by: mike at October 6, 2006 5:43 PMI have read all you have but I still cant figure out how to find my WEP #. Please help Posted by: Vic at November 24, 2006 11:44 AMI'm trying to get rid of my WEP code, can you help? I know my system will have no security but i'm not bothered about that at the moment. Posted by: Wayne at December 20, 2006 9:56 AMI know I have my own WEP password but how do I find it!!!!! I have my own access point I just need to find out what my WEP password is. Posted by: Sky at January 5, 2007 3:21 PMOk Dave. My friend has road runner high speed online, and can't find the WEP key. I called the road runner tech support line, and they have no idea what i am talking about! How would I get The WEP Key for my friend? I think it would be stupid if he can't go online for his PSP. Posted by: Jack Cawley at January 24, 2007 3:58 PMHow do I retrieve my WEP password. I have wireless on my desktop and recently bought a laptop and I want to use the wireless internet...I need a password to connect to my own internet!!! How do I retrieve it!? Posted by: stefani at March 7, 2007 7:21 PMYour WEP key, if enabled, is usually saved/configured on the router it's self. These are commonly configured using your web browser by going to the following address: http://192.168.1.1/ for Linksys routers and http://192.168.0.1 for Netgear routers. The WEP Key info should be changeable through that interface. Consult your (or your nice neighbor's) router manual if you have trouble with this. Posted by: Anonymous Techie at March 17, 2007 7:06 PMhi i think ive guessed the wpa code for sky and i click test connection but when it starts it keeps saying timed out but it doesnt work Posted by: emma at April 2, 2007 1:12 AMi have a question.. if i want my wep key password do i have to buy a linksys wireless router or somekind of wireless router? Posted by: margz at April 6, 2007 9:50 AMEmma, if you're seeing "connection timed out" then you probably did *not* guess their password, sorry to say. Margz, the WEP password is something that you "hit" or encounter when you're trying to connect to a secured wireless Internet connection. Without some sort of base unit, either your own or a neighbors, you won't need a WEP password because you won't be able to get online. It's like having an electrical cord but no plug. So yes, if you want to have control over your own destiny [at least electronically!] you'll need to buy a wireless router and use that with your existing Internet connection to get online. Posted by: Dave Taylor at April 6, 2007 12:36 PMcan i use any brand of wireless router or does it have to be specific brand? Posted by: margz at April 8, 2007 4:21 PMany brand of router will do. note: if you get a linksys router and configure it like i did, the address for the router control panel may be http://192.168.2.1/ and not http://192.168.1.1/. i have them configured that way so i can access both my modem settings and router settings. chances are if you run the automatic setup, it might do the same for you. also, i know this will come up eventually, when installing your wireless router you have to set your modem to bridge mode. this can be done under VC settings in your modem control panel (http://192.168.1.1/). enable one of the bridges or set PPPoE to bridge. if you don't do that, your modem will fail to recognize that you're using a router and the whole setup won't work. and when you enter your WEP key on your PSP/PS3, you need to enter the ENCRYPTED VERSION which it should show you under your router settings. so if your key is "apple", you would enter one of the encrypted keys into your PSP/PS3 that would look something like "EII99238TTSYD8990AS". Posted by: Josh at April 10, 2007 10:40 PMWhere is the wep key on the router? Posted by: Anthony at April 11, 2007 11:42 AMYou can get in the internet with your PSP if you go places like Carl's Jr. or Starbucks Posted by: Juan at April 12, 2007 7:28 PMi know what my freaking password is, but my ps3 wont take it. it works fine for my computers, but when i enter it. it tells me that the characters are invalid! im getting really pissed off. Posted by: angrah at April 14, 2007 3:10 AMI have an xbox 360 and am trying to connect it to a wireless network. I think the problem im having is not knowing my own WEP/WAP key. How do i find it on my computer? Posted by: dom at May 7, 2007 6:30 AMOkay, new question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'v found my WEP password, however, it is in little stars (because it is a password). How do i figure out what letters these little stars are representing? Posted by: Dom at May 7, 2007 6:48 AMWe are trying to use our PSP but we can't remember what our WEP key is on our router. How do I find it? Thanks! Posted by: Lisa at May 25, 2007 8:55 AMi am still having problems with getting my psp to connect to the internet when i scan i get something but when i test the connection it comes up as an error. PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Posted by: ify at June 28, 2007 10:03 AMLinksys doesn't work... Posted by: Someone at June 30, 2007 7:13 AMi need help!!!!!!!!!!! i have everything for my psp to get on the internet but i cant find the default router information. Dave, how can i find it Posted by: Anthony at July 13, 2007 12:41 PMWhy does no one listen to what he says?! Its clearly on your router/hub etc Posted by: jane at August 19, 2007 5:00 PMYeh I've got a PSP and I pick up other people's routers but i need WEP keys for them =P I have my Own NETGEAR Router, MR sumut but anyways, I can get a signal on it 100% with my PSP but the SSID comes up as blank and I need a WEP key for it The Router's SSID is TW34609107 but it comes up as blank and I still don't know what the WEP is, and don't give me the http://192.168.0.1 shit, 'cause that doesn't load =] Posted by: Steph at August 23, 2007 4:50 AMi forgot my wep key,its stored on my psp but it comes up in little stars.how can i retrieve it.i am using a bthomehub-eefb. Posted by: icky at September 8, 2007 1:35 PMBUT HOW DO YOU GET THE WEP WPA PASWORD?? Posted by: BRENDA at October 12, 2007 10:42 PMyo i have a router and all that but anytime i change the password i have no connection the signal dies..... umm i think the wep key has something to do with tthe numbers on the router can u help me figure it out? Posted by: kamikaze at October 29, 2007 2:15 PMdo you even need a wireless connection or can you use it on regular computer? and how do you figure your wep key out and figure why DNS keeps popping up? Posted by: Kevin at November 9, 2007 8:25 PMok..there are many guides that say about how to get wep key and some other junk that keep explaining about the key and never go to the main point......it is so irrtitating!!! Posted by: anoymous at November 25, 2007 11:41 PMi have a netgear wireless router, i am trying to retrieve my wep key password, how do i do that. Posted by: alf at December 7, 2007 3:54 PMI have my pc connected to the internet via cable connection. Where can i find my WEP key so I can get online w/ my psp? Posted by: Linda at December 31, 2007 2:44 PMi have a netgear wireless router, i am trying to retrieve my wep key password, how do i do that Posted by: scott carr at January 3, 2008 7:36 AMI STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A WEP KEY. WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE Posted by: MANNY at February 19, 2008 3:09 PMbro, how on earth do i get my wep key Posted by: dean mcdonald at March 9, 2008 10:30 AMi have dsl internet and am trying to get my laptop working from my desktop computer. i set it all up and its asking me for my wep key. how do i go about finding my wep key. thanks, sissy Posted by: sissy at May 4, 2008 9:42 PMI have a lot to say, but ...
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