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Aspirant

Dec 20, 2011

DGN2200 Just updated to Firmware to ver 36NA and wirless stopped working - Help

Saw that I was way out of date on the firmware version so I allowed the Netgear Router Manger (www.routerlogin.net) to update it. The update looked like it completed without any problems but my two...

jmizoguchi

Virtuoso

Dec 20, 2011

The_Duke wrote:
Just to end this story, it was my fault. I had messed around with the wireless access list option and had some how selected the option but hadn't added the laptops. I was adding a 3rd laptop for work that was asking me for an access key instead of the phrase that I was expecting. Wasted a night but I learned a few things.

The_Duke wrote:
Just to end this story, it was my fault. I had messed around with the wireless access list option and had some how selected the option but hadn't added the laptops. I was adding a 3rd laptop for work that was asking me for an access key instead of the phrase that I was expecting. Wasted a night but I learned a few things.

access key or passphrase sorta same. what make different is WEP will use HEX code and WPA/WPA2 uses passphrase. :)