How do I find out my WEP password for my Linksys 54G router?

[Javery]

I'm trying to set up an internet connection with my PSP and I'm not sure I'm entering thew right password...

Thanks!

[SOSTrooper]

Probably have to reset the router back to factory default to get rid of the password if you dont remember it at all.


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Probably have to reset the router back to factory default to get rid of the password if you dont remember it at all.

lol I just reread what I typed, forget what I said... the other posters below are right.

[organicow]

I'm trying to set up an internet connection with my PSP and I'm not sure I'm entering thew right password...

Thanks!

Go to your browser, type the address of the router: usually 192.168.1.1, enter your UN and PW (default is usually ADMIN for both, IIRC), click Wireless Settings, click Security, and your WEP key should be there.

Hope this helps...I'm going strictly from memory!

[CocheseUGA]

Go to your browser, type the address of the router: usually 192.168.1.1, enter your UN and PW (default is usually ADMIN for both, IIRC), click Wireless Settings, click Security, and your WEP key should be there.

Hope this helps...I'm going strictly from memory!

I believe for stock, you enter admin for UN and leave the PW blank.

Oh yeah, do this from your compy...:)

[Javery]

Thanks guys - I got in... I don't know what the problem is though. I entered the right password to my PSP in "Network settings" but it still says to check the security. I even removed the WEP password (so my network was unprotected) and the PSP recognized the change but still wouldn't connect. Any ideas?

Thanks!

[m6oo]

Hmmmm...do you have any other security measures in place, like MAC filtering?

[Javery]

Hmmmm...do you have any other security measures in place, like MAC filtering?

I don't think so... how would I know? Right now my signal strength is 100% and my PSP sees the "javeryh" network. I think I'm entering the right password - it's 10 digits long... it's so frustrating!

[shipwreck]

Well, if you are having the same problem I am javeryh, I hope you figure it out. I can get every other wifi device I have to connect with WEP encryption except for my PSP. I went through a bunch of guides and tutorials trying to figure it out and none of them helped.

Now, whenever I want to download something on the PSP, I just connect to one of my neighbors open Wifi networks and just do it that way.

I'm using an Apple Airport Express wireless router if anyone feels like figuring out what's going on. (And as I've mentioned, I've gone through a couple of walkthroughs that are supposed to fix the problem (I remember something about putting in extra characters for the WEP password or something along those lines) and none of them have worked.)

[Javery]

Well, if you are having the same problem I am javeryh, I hope you figure it out. I can get every other wifi device I have to connect with WEP encryption except for my PSP. I went through a bunch of guides and tutorials trying to figure it out and none of them helped.

Now, whenever I want to download something on the PSP, I just connect to one of my neighbors open Wifi networks and just do it that way.

I'm using an Apple Airport Express wireless router if anyone feels like figuring out what's going on. (And as I've mentioned, I've gone through a couple of walkthroughs that are supposed to fix the problem (I remember something about putting in extra characters for the WEP password or something along those lines) and none of them have worked.)

Weird. Maybe there is some internal setting we are not aware of? I have been unable to connect my PSP to any network yet but I am looking around. My neighbors are all too weak of a signal (less than 10%) and I don't know the password for the one at work (only work computers are authorized). I did remove the WEP settings so my network was unsecured though and still couldn't connect (and the PSP recognized the change in status when I performed a scan).

It seems highly unusual that you can connect with everything else except your PSP...

[shipwreck]

Weird. Maybe there is some internal setting we are not aware of? I have been unable to connect my PSP to any network yet but I am looking around. My neighbors are all too weak of a signal (less than 10%) and I don't know the password for the one at work (only work computers are authorized). I did remove the WEP settings so my network was unsecured though and still couldn't connect (and the PSP recognized the change in status when I performed a scan).

It seems highly unusual that you can connect with everything else except your PSP...

Well, if I turn WEP encryption off, I can definitely get on my network with my PSP, so it looks as though our situations may be different... if not equally as frustrating.

[headpiece747]

shipwreck and javeryh what firmware are you using for your PSP? I remember some of the older PSP firmwares did not use some of the WEP encryptions like TKIP or AES (I don't remember which one it was.)

[Strell]

I bet you guys have MAC filtering on. If so, you need to add the PSP's MAC address to the exclusitivity list.

It should be mentioned somewhere in the router's settings.

I can't think of anything else that would keep a PSP off outside of WEP and MAC Filtering, unless you've got something heinous on there like LEAP authentication.

Although I have noticed that Windows soemtimes causes routers to lock up for hours at a time...

[shipwreck]

shipwreck and javeryh what firmware are you using for your PSP? I remember some of the older PSP firmwares did not use some of the WEP encryptions like TKIP or AES (I don't remember which one it was.)

I'm pretty sure javeryh has pretty old firmware.

I'm pretty current on firmware. I think I'm running 2.6. I can check later, but I have a game of Valkyrie Profile on sleep right now.

I bet you guys have MAC filtering on. If so, you need to add the PSP's MAC address to the exclusitivity list.

It should be mentioned somewhere in the router's settings.

I can't think of anything else that would keep a PSP off outside of WEP and MAC Filtering, unless you've got something heinous on there like LEAP authentication.

Although I have noticed that Windows soemtimes causes routers to lock up for hours at a time...

I'm 99% positive that I don't have MAC filtering on, but I'll double check that one more time when I go home tomorrow. I don't think it is a Windows issue for me at all since my Windows PC is hardwired and currently turned off. The wireless devices I have no problems connecting with are 3 DS's, a MacBook, a iBook, and a Pocket PC. I haven't had to mess with any MAC addresses for any of those devices.

[Javery]

shipwreck and javeryh what firmware are you using for your PSP? I remember some of the older PSP firmwares did not use some of the WEP encryptions like TKIP or AES (I don't remember which one it was.)

I am using firmware v1.5 but I am running DevHook .46 which supports firmware v2.71... so I'm running 2.71, I guess.

I bet you guys have MAC filtering on. If so, you need to add the PSP's MAC address to the exclusitivity list.

It should be mentioned somewhere in the router's settings.

I can't think of anything else that would keep a PSP off outside of WEP and MAC Filtering, unless you've got something heinous on there like LEAP authentication.

Although I have noticed that Windows soemtimes causes routers to lock up for hours at a time...

Thanks Strell. I'll try and see if I can turn off MAC filtering... whatever that is. I was able to access my router's settings so it shouldn't be a problem turning off. Hopefully that will do it.

[Strell]

Thanks Strell. I'll try and see if I can turn off MAC filtering... whatever that is. I was able to access my router's settings so it shouldn't be a problem turning off. Hopefully that will do it.

In short, MAC filtering is like an A List to a club. All wireless devices have a MAC addy (a 12 character code of 0-9, A-F), and if you set up an access list, your router will lock out anything that doesn't match.

This is not sufficient security, and can be defeated easily, but it's just something else one can do to lock down their network.

At any rate, you can find the MAC addy easily in the PSP from what I remember. It's worth giving a shot (there should be Wireless options in your router's setup, and undoubtedly one of them mentions MAC filtering).

[CocheseUGA]

In short, MAC filtering is like an A List to a club. All wireless devices have a MAC addy (a 12 character code of 0-9, A-F), and if you set up an access list, your router will lock out anything that doesn't match.

This is not sufficient security, and can be defeated easily, but it's just something else one can do to lock down their network.

At any rate, you can find the MAC addy easily in the PSP from what I remember. It's worth giving a shot (there should be Wireless options in your router's setup, and undoubtedly one of them mentions MAC filtering).

The MAC addy for the PSP should be in one of the option menus on the left. I think under version info.

[Javery]

The MAC addy for the PSP should be in one of the option menus on the left. I think under version info.

OK, I found my MAC addy on my PSP. It's 6 sets of 2 numbers/letters separated by colons (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx). Now what? Do I have to put this number into the settings on my router to get them to talk to each other or something?

Also, just a general question... what's the point of being able to get online with the PSP? I mean, it's a portable device and I never play it at home. Oh well...

[guyver2077]

i have a problem with my 1.5 as well connecting to a wep network.. i have to disable the feature whenever i wanna use psp online.. i think 2.0 and above fixes this

[CocheseUGA]

OK, I found my MAC addy on my PSP. It's 6 sets of 2 numbers/letters separated by colons (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx). Now what? Do I have to put this number into the settings on my router to get them to talk to each other or something?

Also, just a general question... what's the point of being able to get online with the PSP? I mean, it's a portable device and I never play it at home. Oh well...

What FW do you have?

Here's what I can think of to help you:

I have:
DHCP Server enabled
WEP Enabled, 128 bit, 26 hex
Passphrase - whatever you want, the key will generate off of this


My MAC filter, BTW, isn't enabled.

Something else that may help, you do have your router setting to Mixed (B and G), right? IIRC, PSP only uses B.

I just looked at my WEP key, and it's 8 digits, too. This should be where I entered my 26-digit key.

[Javery]

What FW do you have?

Here's what I can think of to help you:

I have:
DHCP Server enabled
WEP Enabled, 128 bit, 26 hex
Passphrase - whatever you want, the key will generate off of this


My MAC filter, BTW, isn't enabled.

Something else that may help, you do have your router setting to Mixed (B and G), right? IIRC, PSP only uses B.

I just looked at my WEP key, and it's 8 digits, too. This should be where I entered my 26-digit key.

I think that's the problem - I'm set to G only if I recall correctly (Linksys technical support told me to do this). When I get home tonight I'll disable my MAC address and switch my router to B/G and see if that does it. Thanks!

Oh, I have FW 1.5 but I'm running DevHook .46 (FW 2.71).

[CocheseUGA]

I think that's the problem - I'm set to G only if I recall correctly (Linksys technical support told me to do this). When I get home tonight I'll disable my MAC address and switch my router to B/G and see if that does it. Thanks!

Oh, I have FW 1.5 but I'm running DevHook .46 (FW 2.71).


That's it. PSP only used B. Don't bother disabling MAC access at first.

If there's one thing I've learned about computers/electronics, it's always do one thing first, then test.

[Javery]

That's it. PSP only used B. Don't bother disabling MAC access at first.

If there's one thing I've learned about computers/electronics, it's always do one thing first, then test.

Crap. I switched the setting to "Mixed" and it kind of worked... although I didn't get a "security" error - it just says "content cannot be displayed." When I test the connection under Network Settings everything checks out... but no luck when I go to www Internet Browser.

[gorgonzola238]

I remember trying to setup my PSP using WEP and it wouldn't work well so I quit.

Recently I gave it a try again, but this time I used WPA and it works perfectly. Under the wireless security section, flip it to WPA and see if you can get it to work. I also have MAC address filtering (with my PSPs' MAC added and not broadcasting my SSID).

[shipwreck]

I remember trying to setup my PSP using WEP and it wouldn't work well so I quit.

Recently I gave it a try again, but this time I used WPA and it works perfectly. Under the wireless security section, flip it to WPA and see if you can get it to work. I also have MAC address filtering (with my PSPs' MAC added and not broadcasting my SSID).

Only problem with that is then I can't get online with the DS as it doesn't support WPA. But yeah, WPA worked for my PSP as well.

[CocheseUGA]

Crap. I switched the setting to "Mixed" and it kind of worked... although I didn't get a "security" error - it just says "content cannot be displayed." When I test the connection under Network Settings everything checks out... but no luck when I go to www Internet Browser.

Hmm. Have you tried any infrastructure games? I'm not familiar with any of the Devhook stuff, so I don't know if you need to use the homebrew browser.

[Javery]

OK... with absolutely no further changes I tried opening an RSS Channel (I don't even know what that means) and I was able to access the Internet. Oh well, I guess I can't complain!

[CocheseUGA]

OK... with absolutely no further changes I tried opening an RSS Channel (I don't even know what that means) and I was able to access the Internet. Oh well, I guess I can't complain!


Well, if you can do that, you can play infrastructure games. The PSP's ability to browse the net is nice, but in reality it's a waste of time.

[menikmati]

To prevent any future problems, if you use WEP encryption, make sure to make the password 128-bit and use the maximum amount of characters available (it's 26 IIRC).

I wish WEP encryption wasn't so weak though, I carry a copy of Knoppix STD with my laptop all the time, and basically any WEP encrypted network (as long as there is a constant flow of activity across the network) can be hacked into within a matter of minutes.

I'll have to agree with CocheseUGA, at first browsing the Internet with the PSP was fun, but now to get any decent speed off of it, you have to disable images in graphics-heavy sites such as CAG with all the avatars and shit.

[Javery]

Mainly I just want to be able to use the RSS iTunes feature and stream my iTunes library on the go. I can't seem to subscribe to any channels even though it tells me the RSS Channel is saved but when I go to Network -> RSS Channel it says none are saved... I can view the RSS list of my playlists on my PSP but that's as far as I get.