Just got a netgear wireless router, but I need to lock it

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Even when I open the system preferences and set the router to have a WEP password, it shows up on both my mac and my laptop as being unlocked.

Anyone know how to put a password on my router?

The router is hooked up to a PC desktop, and wirelessly to a mac and a rental laptop.
The desktop pc its hard connected to has internet, as do the mac and the laptop. But when I try to connect wirelessly to the netgear network it appears as unlocked and does not require a password.
 
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Have you gone through your gateway addy? (192.168.1.1 in your address bar on the PC the router is hooked up to)
 
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AustinD said:
Even when I open the system preferences and set the router to have a WEP password, it shows up on both my mac and my laptop as being unlocked.

Anyone know how to put a password on my router?

The router is hooked up to a PC desktop, and wirelessly to a mac and a rental laptop.
The desktop pc its hard connected to has internet, as do the mac and the laptop. But when I try to connect wirelessly to the netgear network it appears as unlocked and does not require a password.
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Have you read the book thing that comes when your router? Have you checked Netgear's support site?
 
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nevermind!
about two hours of three different IT people and its working now.
no clue what happened before, it just wasnt really responding.


but to anyone wanting to know, i got a netgear 802.11b/g/n router and its incredibly fast.

Now ive got my spankin' new iMac in my room with only the power cord showing.
 

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