reset SSID and security key

Question

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 · Answer

Question not clear.
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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 · Answer

&gt; Can you change to your own SSID and security key without a direct&gt; Ethernet connection?&nbsp;&nbsp; It should work.&nbsp; After you reset the router, you should be able toconnect to it wirelessly using the default credentials (SSID,passphrase) on the label.&nbsp; When you change the wireless-networkcredentials, I'd guess that you'll get disconnected, and you'd need toreconnect using your new (non-default) credentials.&gt; If so how or send me instructions or link&nbsp;&nbsp; Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and lookfor Documentation.&nbsp; Get the User Manual.&nbsp; Read.&gt; if not does the router have to be connected to the cable while doing&gt; it?&nbsp;&nbsp; It's easier with a wired connection, because changing thewireless-network credentials should not affect a wired connection.

D0N · Answer

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 · Answer

Have you looked into using the Netgear desktop genie?
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antinode · Answer

&gt; 3. My problem is my desktop is twenty feet away from my router, so&gt; bringing the computer to connect to the router is impractical unless I&gt; can find a 20 foot ethernet cord!&nbsp;&nbsp; Around here, 25- and 50-foot cables are easily available, but youprobably don't really need one.&gt; 4.So, if I bring the router to the desktop I can connect to the desktop&gt; but if I do that I will have to disconnect the cable;does the cable have&gt; to be connected for the reset to be completed?&nbsp;&nbsp; That was the unclear part.&nbsp; "the cable" could mean _any_ cable.&nbsp; Iassumed that you were talking about a cable between your PC and therouter.&nbsp; You now seem to mean a cable from the router's WAN/Internetport to something (like a cable-TV modem or fiber box) which providesyour ISP connection.&nbsp;&nbsp; You don't need an Internet connection to reset your router, or toconfigure its wireless-network parameters.&nbsp; All you need for these tasksis some kind of connection (wired or wireless) between some computer andthe router.

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