I screwed up my whole wireless internet connection.?

[574]

I have charter internet and i have a modem and netgear wireless router and i messed up my whole wireless internet connection with my router and i tried to reset the router and make a new wireless connection but it just says limited access and i cant connect to the internet i can only connect through a wire to my laptop to the router please help and tell me what i can do to help with my wireless internet connect i removed my homegroup wireless connection to see if i that would fix it now i cant connected wirelessly and i dont know what to do.

[morgy]

Sounds like you need to reset your modem check over your modem for a code no type that in and hit enter,the a log in box will come up into that you type admin as the user and password as password that should get you into the modem then scroll down till you find wireless settings.it will probley say inactive just activate it and give it a name.

[Thomas]

1. The internet connection is set up by the modem. It connects via DSL or ADSL which are also telephone lines to the ISP, the Internet service provider. To connect the modem has to know the IP address of the provider on the internet side or WAN IP (no problem in most cases because modems are provided by the ISP and have a fix address to connect) and your personal login data (user name/password) you have received from the ISP. If you connect only one computer, you don't need a router at all (except for WiFi if the modem can't do that). My first point therefore would be to connect my computer directly to the modem. If internet is possible, the modem is accurately configured.

Then type ipconfig into the DOS shell window (in Windows, in other OS in another shell window). It will show the IP address of your computer and the modem, which also is called the "gateway". Those are your LAN IPs. Those addresses are the internal IP addresses (not the one in the internet, the ones of your LAN). They look like 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. The last cipher is unique for every single of your devices, the fore last is the number of the network. enter the gateways IP into internet explorer or Firefox which will give you access to the configuration of the modem. Check if "DHCP server" is activated.

Then access the configuration page of the router. The same way like the modem type 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. The router will ask for login and password (Netgear: Login: admin password: password). Make sure that the router is on the same network like the modem (the fore last cyphers must be the same). Then check if modem and router have the same device (last) number and if so, give the router another one between 1 and 255. Then check if DHCP server is activated. In the same local network you can only have one DHCP server, if the modem is one, disable the router's, if the modem isn't, enable it (the DHP server assigns the IP addresses to the devices).

Then check the wireless settings for the displayed network name or SSID and the proper password. If you have an operating system asking for the key encryption method make sure you know it when connecting your computer.

Then the router is fixed. Open the network settings of your computer. Check adapter settings-> properties, then TCP/IPv4-> properties. Check if "automatic reception of IP address" and automatic reception of DNS server address is activated". Under "alternative" (if for some reason the DHCP server does not work properly) give it a fixed address, one unlike router and modem, e.g. 192.168.1.4 or 192.168.0.4 , next line is always 255.255.255.0 and the third line is the modem's (gateway's IP, see above).

The login to the network and type the password exactly regarding uppercase and lowercase. Being asked type in the key encryption method of the router (see above) which is WPA2, WAP or WEP (standard: WPA2). Normally that is not necessary, router and device find out themselves among each other.

Then it must work.