reset SSID and security key

[D0N]

Router 20 feet from PC (where cable enters dwelling); can bring router to PC but not PC to router; if I bring router to PC must a cable connection be maintained?

Router had reset to factory default.  Can you change to your own SSID and security key

without a direct Ethernet connection? If so how or send me instructions or link

if not does the router have to be connected to the cable while doing it?

[michaelkenward]

Question not clear.

What trying to do?

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Can you change to your own SSID and security k

without a direct Ethernet connection?

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Tried Netgear genie? (Desktop and/or mobile app.)

[antinode]

> Can you change to your own SSID and security key without a direct
> Ethernet connection?

   It should work.  After you reset the router, you should be able to
connect to it wirelessly using the default credentials (SSID,
passphrase) on the label.  When you change the wireless-network
credentials, I'd guess that you'll get disconnected, and you'd need to
reconnect using your new (non-default) credentials.

> If so how or send me instructions or link

   Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation.  Get the User Manual.  Read.

> if not does the router have to be connected to the cable while doing
> it?

   It's easier with a wired connection, because changing the
wireless-network credentials should not affect a wired connection.

[D0N]

Apologize for not being clear. I'll try another way.1. my router reset itself to factory settings;

2. I would like to rerset my SSID and security key to what I had before the reset. 3. My problem is my desktop is twenty feet away from my router, so bringing the computer to connect to the router is impractical unless I can find a 20 foot ethernet cord! 4.So, if I bring the router to the desktop I can connect to the desktop but if I do that I will have to disconnect the cable;does the cable have to be connected for the reset to be completed?

5. At the moment my other computer, ( laptop) just crashed so I don't have that option until I figure out what I am going to replace it with. Any enlightenment would be appreciated thanks, Don

[michaelkenward]

Have you looked into using the Netgear desktop genie?

[antinode]

> 3. My problem is my desktop is twenty feet away from my router, so
> bringing the computer to connect to the router is impractical unless I
> can find a 20 foot ethernet cord!

   Around here, 25- and 50-foot cables are easily available, but you
probably don't really need one.

> 4.So, if I bring the router to the desktop I can connect to the desktop
> but if I do that I will have to disconnect the cable;does the cable have
> to be connected for the reset to be completed?

   That was the unclear part.  "the cable" could mean _any_ cable.  I
assumed that you were talking about a cable between your PC and the
router.  You now seem to mean a cable from the router's WAN/Internet
port to something (like a cable-TV modem or fiber box) which provides
your ISP connection.

   You don't need an Internet connection to reset your router, or to
configure its wireless-network parameters.  All you need for these tasks
is some kind of connection (wired or wireless) between some computer and
the router.