Dssid

[vinzray]

I did the stupidest thing today, and disabled the SSID broadcasting thing. Now I can't find my wifi anymore.

Is there anyway to re-enable the DSSID? I can't access my wi-fi anymore, or the 192.168.1.1 thing anymore.

 

[jmann]

You just need to type the name of the network in manually, and then type the password and click connect.

 

[vinzray]

When I try it, it says "Connection Timeout"

If this info helps, before I disabled the SSID I added a WPA password to it.

 

[jmann]

Have you tried plugging directly in to the router with an ethernet cable and trying to access the router with it's IP address (192.168.1.1).

 

[vinzray]

Err...well, I'm using the ethernet now. My wifi router is still on, while the yellow cable is attached from my broadband to the mac.

When I try to access the 192.168.1.1, it says I cannot establish a connection to it.

 

[jmann]

Err...well, I'm using the ethernet now. My wifi router is still on, while the yellow cable is attached from my broadband to the mac.

When I try to access the 192.168.1.1, it says I cannot establish a connection to it.

Can you connect directly with the ethernet cable to the router?

 

[vinzray]

Can you connect directly with the ethernet cable to the router?

Erm, how do I do that? 😕

There's another cable on the router, but it's the phone line's cable.

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

Plug the ethernet cable from your computer into the ethernet port in the router.

You can also try connecting to 10.0.0.138 or 192.168.0.1, instead of 192.168.1.1.

 

[vinzray]

Well, I managed to connect into the wifi, but I'm not sure it's ours.

Question: Does the wifi automatically assign a password to itself?

Cause I used this 192.168.1.1 link, but it redirected me into a wifi that has it's own password.

 

[Jethryn Freyman]

Well, I managed to connect into the wifi, but I'm not sure it's ours.

Question: Does the wifi automatically assign a password to itself?

Cause I used this 192.168.1.1 link, but it redirected me into a wifi that has it's own password.

That would be the router password. If you didn't change it, it should be whatever the default is (probably "admin" for the user name and "admin" for the password.)

 

[vinzray]

That would be the router password. If you didn't change it, it should be whatever the default is (probably "admin" for the user name and "admin" for the password.)

The password was the WPA Shared Key. Does it automatically assign a new one when you reset it? Cause I resetted it.

 

[vinzray]

Okay, it's fixed! Thank you guys for your help.

I won't mess around with our wifi's security anymore. XD