NOOK Tablet MAC Filtering Problem

Question

When I first purchased my NOOK Tablet, I linked to the internet and the NOOK bookstore and purchased a book. That was about 2 or 3 weeks ago. It worked fine. This is at my home address and I have the NETGEAR WPN824 v2 wireless router.

Yesterday, I tried to go online to the NOOK bookstore, and received an error message WiFi Error 101 that said I cannot connect to the access point because of a MAC Filtering issue with my WiFi connection. The Nook Tablet suggested I turn off MAC filtering or add my NOOK's MAC address (which I did find).

I do not know how to access my router so I can try both of these suggestions. Someone else hooked up my wireless access and we no longer have the Netgear installation disc.

Is my Netgear IP address the one found on the bottom of the Netgear box that says default access and then gives an http number? I tried to put that http number in IE to bring up the Netgear router but that didn't seem to work. How do I get the IP address of my Neatgear product so I can try the MAC Filtering options.

I'm not very computer/internet savvy.

fordem · Answer

First - if you are using MAC filtering you would know, because you would have to enter the MAC address of every device that uses your wireless before it will connect, so, since you got the Nook to connect without doing that, MAC filtering is not the cause of your problem.Call Barnes &amp; Noble support.

jmizoguchi · Answer

I would say you need to change wireless mode from "auto 108Mbps" to B &amp;G mode or G only under wireless settingsyes, bottom of the router's IP should give you a prompt with at user/passuser  adminpass password ( if you have not changed in the past)You should access the route with computer using ethernet  cable . Also wireless encryption type can cause issues you need to play with it.

Scott123 · Answer

I have tried typing 192.168.1.1 and http://192.168.1.1 into the IE browser but I don't get anything that asks for a username or password. I just keep getting links to information about that IP. I tried typing in ipconfig as well and I have no idea how to get into the router to change MAC filtering.I have never had to do anything with MAC filtering before. The Nook is my only device that is giving me problems with connecting to the internet.

jmizoguchi · Answer

Ipconfig and look for gateway ipThat is router's ip

Scott123 · Answer

That link doesn't work. I get this message:Failure To Connect To Web ServerFailure To Connect To Web Server

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NOOK Tablet MAC Filtering Problem