On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:14:05 -0700 (PDT), fig000
<neilnewton001@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Last year I got a Buffalo Airstation wireless G access point. It was
>new but came with no instructions (the person who sold it to me
>offerred it to his church but they had already bought one.
>
>He set it up for me, providing the login and password to get into the
>security and access tabs in the console. He also created an ssid and a
>wep code (I think that's what it's called).
>
>I am no longer at that job and through varous circumstances, I'm no
>longer able to get my hands on all the logins, passwords and wep code.
>My grandson is getting an xbox and I want to give him internet access.
>I guess, short of having the codes, I'll have to reset the Buffalo and
>start from scratch.
>
>I suppose there are factory defaults I can re-instate. In fact I have
>no real reason to password protect anything though I may try. I'd like
>to how I can accomplish all this. If not I'll have to buy a new access
>point and use their documentation.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.

Whenever you inherit a used routers, it's a good idea to clear all the
settings and start from scratch. Otherwise, you'll be chasing some
obscure problem that was caused by some obscure setting that the
previous owner had used in their setup.
<http://www.buffalotech.com/knowledgebase/users/kb.php?id=10014&category_id=0&sid2=>
Audible tones? I've never heard any tones.

Also, please do NOT use WEP encryption. It's not very secure and
easily cracked. It also has ASCII->Hex key conversion oddities. Use
WPA or WPA2 instead.
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