WPA-PSK key help

I set up a wireless network using a D-link router about 2 years ago. I
tried setting up my PlayStation 3 using that same network but it will
not connect. I'm not sure if the WPA key I am using is wrong or if
there's some other issue. Is there any way that I can check the WPA key
that I am using to see if it's right? And if it isn't right and I can't
remember the password, is the only solution to reset the router and have
to re-establish the network?

Any help is MUCH appreciated!!

Amanda


------------------------------------------------------------------------
View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=37053
http://www.wirelessforums.org

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 08:25:51 -0500, Amandle
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>I set up a wireless network using a D-link router about 2 years ago. I
>tried setting up my PlayStation 3 using that same network but it will
>not connect. I'm not sure if the WPA key I am using is wrong or if
>there's some other issue. Is there any way that I can check the WPA key
>that I am using to see if it's right?

No.

>And if it isn't right and I can't
>remember the password, is the only solution to reset the router and have
>to re-establish the network?

Yes. It's a good idea in any event, since the passphrase should be
changed regularly. I change all my passphrases and passwords at the
same time I change my smoke detector batteries, each spring and fall
when daylight savings changes.

--
Best regards, FAQ for Wireless Internet: <http://Wireless.wikia.com>
John Navas FAQ for Wi-Fi: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi>
Wi-Fi How To: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_HowTo>
Fixes to Wi-Fi Problems: <http://wireless.wikia.com/wiki/Wi-Fi_Fixes>

Stupid question... how do you change your passphrase? Do you reset your
router each time?


------------------------------------------------------------------------
View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=37061
http://www.wirelessforums.org

On 2008-01-18, Amandle intrigued me by typing:
>
> Stupid question... how do you change your passphrase? Do you reset your
> router each time?
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> View this thread: http://www.wirelessforums.org/showthread.php?t=37061
> http://www.wirelessforums.org
>
Typically, you would login to your wireless router's or standalone access
point's web menu and enter a new passphrase and then save. Afterwards, you
change the passphrase of your wireless clients (laptops, PDA, WiFi phones,
etc) that is used to connect to your wireless network to match the new
passphrase you entered in the wireless router/AP.

--
Just me, D
(Ubuntu User# 16887)
(Linux User# 454411)