What is a WEP key?

WEP keys are cracked in minutes nowadays, use WPA !

OK. 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?
Thanks.

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.

Um how do i find my own WEP password

I 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

I have read all you have but I still cant figure out how to find my WEP #. Please help

I'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.

I 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.

Ok 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.

How 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!?

Your 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.

hi 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

i have a question.. if i want my wep key password do i have to buy a linksys wireless router or somekind of wireless router?

Emma, 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.

can i use any brand of wireless router or does it have to be specific brand?

any 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".

Where is the wep key on the router?

You can get in the internet with your PSP if you go places like Carl's Jr. or Starbucks

i 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.

I 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?

Okay, 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?

We 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!

i 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Linksys doesn't work...

i need help!!!!!!!!!!!
where do i find my WEP key where is it suppose to be at? is it on the modem on my internet?

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

Why does no one listen to what he says?! Its clearly on your router/hub etc

Yeh 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 =]

i 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.

BUT HOW DO YOU GET THE WEP WPA PASWORD??

yo 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?

do 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?

ok..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!!!

i have a netgear wireless router, i am trying to retrieve my wep key password, how do i do that.

I 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?

i have a netgear wireless router, i am trying to retrieve my wep key password, how do i do that

I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW TO MAKE A WEP KEY. WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE

bro, how on earth do i get my wep key

i 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

The WEP key should be marked somewhere on the router that is serving your wireless network (either a 10-character or 26-character code)

If not, then:

Go to Start --> All Programs --> Accessories --> Command Prompt

Type ipconfig, then press [ENTER] key

Jot down the displayed Default Gateway address (or the Connection-specific DNS Suffix address)

Close the “Command Prompt� window

Open Internet Explorer (or whatever web browser you prefer to use)

Enter the Default Gateway (or Connection-specific DNS Suffix) address, then press [ENTER] key

You should now be viewing the router’s information webpage. The layout/content of this webpage will vary, depending on your Internet Service Provider (ISP) or manufacturer of the router.

The WEP key should be contained somewhere on this webpage, or the webpage should indicate where the WEP key is marked on the router. If not, the webpage should allow you to create a new WEP key.
(IMPORTANT NOTE: If a new WEP key is created, each computer/device that had been connected to the wireless network will now be disconnected until the new WEP key is entered at that computer/device.)

Once the WEP key has been either positively identified or changed, it is highly recommended that the key be marked somewhere on the router for future reference.

i type in the gateway address which is 192.168.1.1 but it says "Warning: This server is requesting that your username and password be sent in an insecure manner (basic authentication without a secure connection)." an i have no idea how to make it insecure or send it in that manner can someone help me cause once im in there im ready to go its just i never ran into that problem.....EVER
thanks guys
Mike

What if there is no password for the WEP in the Sony PSP, what do we put?

Hi im having a lil problemm in my psp, it wont connect me to my wireless at home.. It keep saying (A coonection error has occurred. The connection to the accesss point timed out) wat does this mean... p.s i have my own wireless at home n i know da pass n name for my wirelessss...pls pls pls pls help me im not gd at dis kind of stuffffffffffffffff
TY:john

If you REALLY need to ask "HOW DOES I GET WPA WEP PASSWORD FROM MY ROUTER", you should not be trying to do it yourself. If you don't know how to access the security page in your router's/modem's configuration console then you probably either:
A: Paid someone else to set up your wireless for you in the first place and you should proceed to do the same thing now or
B:
Used one of those slightly terrible "One touch setup" things in which case you should go ahead and hire someone to do it for you if you actually can't read the plentiful instructions for this that have been posted here already.

Where is the wep key located? And what is a SSID?

how do you get a new wep code it doest say on my wireless router

I want to thank Glen for his May 16th posting. I was unable to locate my WEP and found it immediately using his instructions! Yeah!!!!

can i have spicific answers to how to find my wep key

For all you out there that are concerned about connecting your PS2's, PS'3's and PSP's and anything else....here is a short course:

The Router allows you access to a specific network. That network may be your own. Each Router has different security. Every 'Wireless' Router allows you to set security. Some people accept the defaults, sometimes after a power failure, the Router reverts to the defaults.

The correct way to obtain any kind of security key is to go to the administrator of the Router and ask them which security measures they implemented for the Router you are trying to access. It may be WEP, WPA, Password protected or a combination of all the above.

You cannot GUESS what this security is nor can you buy a program or watch UTUBE to reveal that to you. You have to go to the Router Administrator and ask questions. If YOU are the Administrator, then YOU will have to answer the question. There are manuals for every Router. There are people on Router Chat lines to talk to.

But YOU are responsible for figuring this all out.

Now if you are into a Playstation and it asks you a question that you don't understand, then go to the Router Administrator, Consult the Router Manuals, Consult the PS Manuals but DO NOT go to any website and ask insane things like "what's a WEP Key?",,,, you should have enough sense to have looked up what a WEP key is and what it does.

Having discovered that it is a security key that can be expressed in a series of either decimal or hexidecimal digits, you will then have to figure out what Playstation wants you to type in. Consult the Manual or go to the PS website.

Enter the SAME WEP Key as the Router assigned to ALL Users of the Wireless Network you are on.

If you want to do this very simply, just DO NOT secure the Wireless Network on your Router. If the Router hasn't 'assumed' any defaults caused by power glitches, then you should be able to connect up without having to provide any sort of KEY or PASSWORD. This will, of course allow anyone within a block of your house to then freely use your Internet Access.

i don't have wireless but my granddaughter has a ds and want a web key for her tinker bell game how do i get one please help me

i want to use my mom laptop and other games on but she want let me have her web key to play she said i had to get my own.how do i do that thank you my grandmother has a laptop but it is not a wireless can she get a web key

what do you do to people that are stealing internet with out paying for it.and are useing some one else web key to get it free and they dont live in the same house but across the yard

I don't have a comment, I want to ask a question. My server says my internet is working fine, that it is a problem with my pc. I think I have deleted my dll drive. Please tell me how I can reinstall them without charge, which I can't afford.

This does contain lies. I can usually crack a WEP key in under 10 minutes. They dont keep people out.

Hey i have an hp pavilion ze5300 but wenever i want to connect wirelessly to another internet router that is in range it asks me for the Wep key.... nd i want to get into internet but i cant because the other internet router asks for my Wep key....please someone help me

get this straight....
the router has the wep key
not the psp

can i find wpa password key by use my laptop computer. to find right passcode