I have a Sony PSP and have been trying to connect to the Internet with my wireless base station, but it keeps asking for a “WEP” and I don’t have a clue what that is or how I get it. Help!
First off, let me show you how to ascertain your WEP password, then let me tell you the bad news…
I have rather an older SMC wireless access point that comes with a software package that runs on Windows XP called “EZ Connect”. When I start the program up on a PC that’s connected to the access point, here’s what I see:
It’s not the worlds best application – more modern wireless devices have Web-based interfaces that let you access the unit with your favorite Web browser – but it’s functional. To access the WEP password, I need to actually connect to the access point, which means I need to know the AP password (which is different from the wifi password, note).
Once I’m connected, I choose Command -> Configure and here’s what I see:
Lots of mysterious settings that I am sure I don’t want to tweak, and the all-important button on the right side labeled Encryption…. That’s what we want, so I click it and now see:
In this instance you can see that the passphrase for my wireless network is “askdavetaylor!” and that’s the WEP key needed for this device. The earlier screen’s SSID field showed the network name too, by the way, “WLAN”.
Armed with these two pieces of information I should be able to connect to the wireless network with any wifi-enabled device, Mac, PC, Sony PSP, whatever. However, it’s not always that easy, so once you’ve pressed “Apply”, you’ll see that the “Manual Entry” boxes are also filled out and those offer you a hexadecimal encrypted password too. That’s useful: write the first of them down. If your device doesn’t like the passphrase, try using the encrypted key instead. It’ll be something like 1cf341a34c. Mac users might find that they need to prepend the “$” symbol to get an encrypted key to be accepted as a wireless password too. Lots of choices for you!
Now, having said that, I have to admit that I have never been able to get my own Sony PSP device to connect to a password-protected wireless network, even knowing all these different password entry options. I imagine some people have had success, but most of what I hear about is failure. If you can’t get your PSP to work with your password-protected WEP wifi network, consider either turning off encryption (not a great idea) or scanning to see if you can find a kindly neighbor who hasn’t enabled encryption on their network and borrow that connection. Many facilities including libraries and cafes offer open wireless networks too, in a pinch.
If you have had success connecting your PSP to a WEP-enabled network, please do let us know about it. Was it 64-bit or 128-bit encryption? Did you use the passphrase or the hex encrypted password?
Hope that helps you figure this out!
Hey. For all those who were wondering why When you got on myspace on your PSP, it said bad request because it may have a parental control. to fix that, go to settings, then go down to secuirity settings. you will see a row of parental control levels and you should change it to none, and you will have to have a password. if a password was never set, then it is just 0000.
how do i recover a passkey to connect my laptop to my wirless hub upstairs?
plz help me i need to know where to find the wep key. a lot of u guuys said to look under the router for the 10 digits in brackets, i did and found nothing. btw router and modem r the same rite? anyways i did wat a lot of u wrote, i tried ur way to leon but none get me far enough. i get lost in the middle. anyways if someone could help thx.
P.S
if anyone cares, a good site for psp demos is psp117 and pspiso.com. o ya did anyone downgrade there psp yet? i want to try but i don’t want it to brick.
Hello. I just got the internet to work on my psp.
The way i did it is the following: Im using SBC yahoo DSL (AT&T now) I call them (at 1 800 number) and asked them for the WEP Key and they told me that I can find that number under my router. Its the 10-digits key in a parenthesis.
I hope this help you guys.
ok i hav a router and i flipped it over to find my WEP-key and i cant find any 10 digit codes they are all to many or to little digits
PLZ HELP!!!!
how do i fin the 4 digit passwrod. not the wep. this is the ;ast step and im on the net on my psp. I BOUGHT IT USED
Just wanted to share my experience on setting up my recently received (thank-you Santa!) PSP-2000 (slim) model to work online with my in-home wireless network in the hopes that it might help some of you out there that are having issues. First, I would also like to thank Dave as this site has already helped me set up a couple of things with my new PSP, including getting online. To set up the background, I have a wireless D-Link dl-624 router in my home with 128-bit encryption, which means a 26 character WEP kep or password if you prefer. At first I tried to enter the 26 character WEP key, however the PSP would only accept 21 characters, so I couldn’t enter the entire WEP key. Using the information above AND MY SET UP BOOK FOR MY ROUTER (I’m surprised how many people throw this away after the initial set-up, you must keep this information people!), I went online and reconfigured my router settings to ensure that the following were set…1) set network to “open” NOT “SHARED” 2) ensure that you are using “key 1” as your WEP key position. Finally I changed from 128 bit to 64 bit encryption so that I could reduce my WEP key from 26 characters to 10 characters. Once I reduced the number of characters in my WEP key, I re-entered this key into my PSP. I must tell you that the first time I tried to enter the Key, my PSP did not accept it, so I tried a second time. On the second time, my PSP accepted the WEP KEY, I finished up the set up with all “AUTOMATIC” settings on the PSP and PRESTO! I was able to access the internet! One word of caution if you use this method, remember to change your WEP KEY CODE on any of your in home desktops/laptops/xbox 360, etc (anything that is accessing your network) to your NEW WE KEY or you will not be able to use those devices to access the internet. If what I have written here helps even one person, then I am happy I have taken the time to submit this comment.
Cheers,
Alex
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i have a wireless network near my house and i want to access it
but i dont have the wep key for it
i really need access to it
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use the scan option to find the WEP network and click NONE for the security on the next screen. some networks will let you right in.
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How do I get started to using my Psp like a laptop. I’m reading a lot of WEP’s, switching it to “Open”. How can I start I have an Optimum Online.
Hi how do you find out your 4 digit password for psp internet where is it?
dave,i dont know how to change my security settings on my psp please help
I’ve finally figured out where to find the WEP Key # on my wireless router after numerous hours of trying to figure out everything. It was as simple as flipping the router over and entering the unlabeled WEP # underneath the S.N.(Serial Number) in brackets.
I just bought my PSP and also a wireless router. I went to network settings and did all the steps but then after went i tried to go onto google it said “Communication with the server failed. A DNS error has occurred. (80410410)”
I would really like to be able to access the internet properly.
Thanks.
Hi I’ve just bought a pre owned PSP but it has a 4 digit security code on it I do not know what this is. Is there any way I can over ride this or should I just return it to the shop? I would be grateful for any help.
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my room mate has a 2wire connection 2wire739 but how do i get the wep key if he wont give it to me its for my psp i just want to use the internet can some one fine that password for it or fine it on ez connection please help me
For Mac users, finding your WEP couldn’t be simpler. Go to Applications/Utilities and open up the Airport Admin Utility. Click Configure to log in, and once your in, at the top of the window should be an icon of a lock that reads below password. Click on that and it will give you the 26 Hex equivalent password (WEP key)
alrite heres my problem i’ve got a wireless router at my house with no security settings and every time i try to connectit will say
a connection error has occurred.
a connection to the access point could not be established.
check the security settings for the network and try again.
why is it doing this if im right next to my router and there is no security settings?
i got netgear, AOL. my psp can detect the access point, but it says that it cant get the ip address, and when i type it manualy it says there was a problem the DNS.
Locating your WEP is not really that hard.
You have to go to your router’s properties.
Go to Control Panel
Open Network Connections.
Right click on your network connection “Local Area Connection” by default.
Select “Status”
A small window will pop up.
Click on “Support” Tab.
Right down your “Default Gateway” Ex: “123.456.7.890”
Open a new Internet Explorer window.
Type those numbers in the Addres Bar. This will take you to your router settings.
Now, since all the internet providers dont have the same setting display you have to do a little research yourself.
In my case i have an icon named “Home Network”
That shows me all the computer conected to my Network (router) In that same window it shows to me a option “Status at a Glance / Local Interfaces & Wireless Settings” Here is where you need to go.
Under Wireless Settings it shows my Network Name and my Access Point. I just click on “Edit Settings”
The next window it shows me if I have Wireless Security Enable or Not. In my case I do and it shows me where to find my WEP number. Which are the 10-digit number under my routher.
My internet provider is AT&T. My routher is a 2WIRE XXXXHG Gateway
Im sorry if you are confused, Im just trying to guide you step by step on how to get your WEP.
I hope this will help some of you guys. If you have any more questions just email me. Ill try to send you pics or something.
Good Luck Everyone. –Leon.
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My PSP To search For other people cause I have Try’d everything you say’d and it doesn’t work for me and i’m on windows Xp Dell Pentium P mark 4 Prosser How can I get the net to work without wireless rooter everytime I try to set it up it comes up wlan settings not working properly all the time when I go to search for people and my brothers PSP it never shows up but it shows on his Thank You If You Can Help Me please can you send the answear by email or just on the sight thank you my email is greacelightning72@Yahoo.co.uk
SOLUTION!
If ur getting ‘Bas Request’ for myspace just press triangle, go on tools and delete cookies, cache, authnetication, input history (everything which says delete – delete it!) Then if it doesnt work restart ur PSP and it shud (as in turn it off n on again!)
Or if it still doesn’t work go on this site as an alternative!
http://mlvb.net/www.myspace.com
It’s myspace.com but simpler and takes less time to load
www.
myspace worked wen i got my psp then it started sayin ‘bad request’ then recently i tried agen n it worked (im on firmware 3.11) then i went on hotmail n that started doin ‘bad request’ then i went bak on myspace n it only worked4a while b4 doin ‘bad request’ then hotmail worked agen! y?
Can u please explain why my psp will get the access point but cant find the IP address. And how to fix it.
why does my psp keep saying bad request on myspace
I got the PSP to connect to my Netgear WGR614 with WEP encryption. the key was, on the Wireless Settings screen under the 192.168.0.1 router homepage (which is also where you’ll find your WEP Key), i had to change my settings from Shared Key to Open Key, however, once i did that i had to go and change all the settings on my other wireless devices, so in the end i just decided that when i need to use my psp online, i’ll just change the shared to open temporarily.
psp worked like a charm as soon as i saved it with “open key”.
hey. i tried`what you said`for getting on myspace but when i put in my URL it still says “bad request” do you know what to do or if i did something wrong?
Because I have written about it in a variety of different places. In a nutshell, the browser included with the PSP is very lightweight and can’t handle complicated multimedia sites like YouTube nor can it handle the coding that they have on MySpace for account management. i don’t know of any workaround. :-\
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HOW CAN I FIND THE WEP KEY FROM THE ROUTER
I am sooooooooo confused!!! I don’t know what any of these things are such as wep, ssid, wlan, and a bunch of other stuff. personally, i don’t care!! pleez tellme how to get internet on my psp. i have been on the internet (with my computer) for weeks trying to find out how, but everyone always uses these big words that i don’t understand and i am a halfway smart kid. normally i am good at following intructions, but this is crazy!! plleeeezzzzzz help. thanx bunches!!!
hey if u wat to find ur ip adress JERRY go to the start button ad go to progams/accsesoreis or whatev its called and go to Comman prompt
type in
ipconfig and it will tell u alot of stuff
I DID ALL THE SETTING N MY PSP IP ADRESS CANT FIND WOULD U PLZ EMAIL
GAS924@HOTMAIL.COM
THANKS
Switching to OPEN KEY (instead of shared key) and entering the HEX KEY did the trick for my PSP! I’m using a D-Link DGL-4300 router.
managed to get psp connected to wireless network by starting conn from scratch & entering wep key in capitals selecting custom on next stage & selecting auto on all settings after that. thank god it now works…..
Dave – I have recently boght a wireless router, and didnt realise it isnt a router/modem so I am currently tryint to set it up as a wireless access point, to do this i have plugged my USB modem in to my computer, shared internet to xbox via a hub and ran a cable from the same hub to a wireless netgear router, but obviously i cant get internet yet on DS/PSP untill its set up correctly, i need to change the DHCP setting and NAT maybe?
Please help,
Jason
Thanks… I also FINALLY got mine to work, but it had been a different problem. I switched my key selection from “key3” to “key1” and the PSP connected. Then, all I had to do was go around to the other four computers on my wireless LAN and change the password.
Thanks for the help!
Just got the WEP working on my PSP. Needed to set the authentification type to ‘both’ rather than ‘shared’ on the access point and I can now connect with 64-bit, 10 digit hex key encryption.
I have to admit that I have never gotten my PSP to connect with my 10-digit hex-key WEP 802.11b network either. I just tap into my neighbors networks, which is darn annoying. I keep thinking that an update will fix it, but so far it’s all still nonfunctional.
Interestingly, I have a Nokia 770 device which is kinda like a PSP minus games but plus bluetooth, etc., and when I first got it, it too couldn’t see my network, but when I applied an OS update from Nokia it worked just fine.
Maybe Sony just isn’t paying attention to this particular problem?? I’ll bug ’em during CES next week.