Wep and MY network

[nate22]

Wep and my wireless network is absolutly HORRIBLE!

My network for some reason HATES WEP.
I have had my network open which works fine but my internet has been slow and i suspect that someone has been stealing my internet. I want to put WEP on my network and iv finally got it to work but now that WEPS working i have NO CONNECTIVY!

Its a Netgear wireless router

http://kb.netgear.com/app/products/model/a_id/2503

Any help? im on wired connection now.

Thanks
Nate

[dahlarbear]

1.  Reference Manual.  Do not know what I can add that is not in your reference manual:  Reference Manual for MR814v2 Cable/DSL Wireless Router.

     a.  Restrict Access.  See subsection "Restricting Wireless Access to Your Network" within Chapter 3.
     b.  No Connectivity (Internet?).  See Chapter 7, Troubleshooting.

2.  Verify Local Area Network (LAN) Connection.  From command window on laptop (Start -> Run -> type "cmd" without quotes, then hit Enter):
     a.  ping 127.0.0.1                                # Verifies TCP/IP stack of laptop
     b.  ping <your laptop IP address>      # Access your network card
     c.  ping <desktop IP address>            # Access another PC on your LAN
     d.  ping <home router IP address>     # Access "gateway" for your LAN
 
All of the above pings should succeed unless blocked by local software firewalls on the computers.

If any of the above are not successful, please report the error/status messages you see.

3.  Verify Internet Connection.  From command window on laptop, try an internet IP address:
     a.  ping 69.72.169.241                  # (IP address of www.computerhope.com)
 
then try a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) for an internet website:
     c.  ping www.computerhope.com
     d.  ping www.msn.com

Please report the "ping" results.  Successful or error/status message if not.

[computeruler]

Did you enter  the wep key on the device you need to use?  Also, wep is only a minor deterrence from stealing your internet.  If you want to be %100 sure that someone is using it you can check in the router settings, and I think you might even be able to kick them off