I have a laptop running Windows 8.1. I get my internet via a cable modem. I've connected a Linksys router to that modem so that I can get wireless for my laptop. This all works fine.
My security program, Avast, complained today that the WPA key for my wireless was too weak so I changed it to something stronger, saved the settings, and immediately lost my wireless connection to the internet. I assumed this would take care of it itself as soon as I tried to reconnect and that I would be given a chance to change the password associated with that connection in my laptop but I never got the chance to change that setting: Windows simply refused to connect. I finally got my internet connection back by using an Ethernet cable, rebooting the laptop (to bypass the bad IP address, 254.169.xxx.xxx, that I was getting), and setting the Wireless key back to its old value.
I'd like to know how I can change the password both in the router and in Windows so that I can reconnect wirelessly with the NEW WPA key. Can someone explain this to me or point me to some kind of tutorial/website that does so?
I'm guessing that I have to delete the old Windows connection and create a new one that uses the new WPA key but I don't know how to do that. I don't see any way to remove connections from the list that comes up when I click on the Settings charm and list the networks or in Control Panel for that matter.
My security program, Avast, complained today that the WPA key for my wireless was too weak so I changed it to something stronger, saved the settings, and immediately lost my wireless connection to the internet. I assumed this would take care of it itself as soon as I tried to reconnect and that I would be given a chance to change the password associated with that connection in my laptop but I never got the chance to change that setting: Windows simply refused to connect. I finally got my internet connection back by using an Ethernet cable, rebooting the laptop (to bypass the bad IP address, 254.169.xxx.xxx, that I was getting), and setting the Wireless key back to its old value.
I'd like to know how I can change the password both in the router and in Windows so that I can reconnect wirelessly with the NEW WPA key. Can someone explain this to me or point me to some kind of tutorial/website that does so?
I'm guessing that I have to delete the old Windows connection and create a new one that uses the new WPA key but I don't know how to do that. I don't see any way to remove connections from the list that comes up when I click on the Settings charm and list the networks or in Control Panel for that matter.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- ASUS K55N
- CPU
- AMD A8-4500 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 1.90 GHz
- Motherboard
- not sure
- Memory
- 8.00 GB installed, 7.46 GB usuable
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon
- Sound Card
- not sure
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Built-in laptop screen
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768
- Hard Drives
- one 750 GB
- PSU
- Not sure
- Case
- Not sure
- Cooling
- Not sure
- Keyboard
- Built in to laptop
- Mouse
- None; I use the touchpad
- Internet Speed
- 6 Mbps down, 0.25 Mbps up
- Browser
- current versions of Firefox, Chrome and IE
- Antivirus
- Avast Free
- Other Info
- I *think* many of the questions to which I've answered "not sure" are irrelevant because it is a laptop but if you need to know specifically what model of cooling fans or keyboard or whatever where built in to the laptop, I can try to find that out if you tell me where to look. I don't see this information in the Windows/System display but maybe it is elsewhere. I'm not sure what a "PSU" is: Powe