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[PhilippeL]

I bought this router (DIR-655) some time earlier this year, so it hasn't even been half a year that I've owned the thing.  I set it up in the small duplex I was sharing with my sister and it worked quite well.  Actually... for the first 45 minutes I was freaking out because I was getting practically no signal, then I realized I had forgotten to screw in the antennas... but that little anecdote aside, it worked fine.

I've since moved into a new place.  I got a new modem, still on Videotron, I just upped the speed from 7 MB/sec to 15 MB/sec.  Before setting up the router I inserted the CD that came with it and followed the instructions therein... things seemed fine, except that he automatically used the same network name that I used at my last place... almost like he was stuck on it.  I couldn’t figure out how to create a fresh new network.  But  I shrugged it off and continued, entering my own password and everything else.

Now, at the end he gave me 4 pieces of information,

A router password.
A network name (SSID), this is the one who’s name was stuck to the old one.
A network security type, I went for Most secure(WPA)
And the network security key, this was a randomly generated alphanumeric code of some sort.

I copied this in two different ways and the installation wizard automatically saved me a copy onto the desktop, so I know for certain I got the passwords right.  I pulled out my iPad later, saw the network, a good strong signal, and tried to connect… except… it’s not accepting my password.  The password I triple-saved and checked without a shadow of a doubt.  On a whim I tried to use the Security Key, and that seemed to connect for some reason, but it is considerably slower than it was at my last place.

The modem isn’t to blame (it’s running on double the speed now) and the signal strength is good.  It’s just that something’s gone weird with the password, and it feels very slow.  Even if it wasn’t slow, I would really like to know why none of my wifi devices are accepting the password I assigned.

And I used that http://192.168.0.1/ trick to look into the router settings from my computer.  I changed the network password into something new.  And still… none of the devices will connect, they keep telling me it’s the wrong password.  I am only able to connect through the Security Key and I don’t like that!  I tried to contact D-Link’s technical support the other day, but it drew on for so long my cellphone actually ran out of minutes.  So now I’m trying here.  Please, anyone who knows what the hell is going wrong and who might be able to offer some help, it would be greatly appreciated.


Short Version:
None of my wifi devices are accepting the password I gave during the setup and I don't know why!

Oh, and in case these tidbits help, I'm running a 64-bit Windows 7 on 1-year old dual-core desktop computer.

[PhilippeL]

I also tried to contact Videotron's technical support, but they told me that since the modem is working fine, and since I didn't buy the router from them, the problem isn't covered by their warranty...

So yeah, no help from them.

[FurryNutz]

So lets try this,
Change the WiFi SSID to something else, Something different and easy for you to see. It's possible that thre is another Dlink router near by with the same SSID that your PCs are seeing and mis-connecting.

Change the WiFi mode from Mixed to Single mode G to test. Change to Mixed G and N later if you have N supported devices.

Turn off security to test to see if your devices connect with out. Then turn on using WPA2 and AES or Auto Cipher and put in a password.

Is Protected WiFi On? I would turn this off as it's not needed unless you have printers and other devices that can connected using this.

[PhilippeL]

Ok, well for starters, I don't really know where to do all that.  I know that you can mess with some settings in http://192.168.0.1/, but there's a lot of stuff in there.

In the "Tools" section I found out where to change the passwords, but I don't see any sign of (SSID).

In the "Status" section I can see under "Wireless Lan" a list of SSIDs.  And there's Leo (the one I used at my last place and that automatically came on when I plugged the router in here).  Guest is set to "no", Mac Address is... something complicated, and Security Mode is wpa_psk.  None of these can be changed though, it shows me them but they're all locked.

[davevt31]

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