New puter and I can't play with it
 

So, I picked up my new puter on the way home today. Just a basic iMac with wireless KB & Mouse. But I can't play with it yet.

Why? Because I can't remember the password to my freakin' network!!!!

I know it is eight characters. I've tried everything I can think of (including caps lock on) to figure it out. So far, no luck.

AArrrggh

I am worried the only way out of this is to go buy a new router.

(BTW: if anyone wants to make a suggestion, it is a Linksys Wireless router.)

Thankfully I have not disconnected the old one yet.

Didn't wait long, did you?

Gratz.

I wanted to make sure I spent the money before it disappeared.

Boy howdy do I know THAT one!

Ahhh, I have envy.

See what happens when you go Mac? Evil follows.

Is Gus Gus going to buy that lame excuse? So you want a new router, just go get it.

Otherwise pop a hard reset to factory defaults and reconfigure that bad boy.

That's what I was going to say - hard reset - then make a new password. And write it down somewhere. ;)

I usually spend the money and hope it appears afterwards.

Voodoo economics;)

Oh, I hate this kind of problem.

So, I did a hard reset of the router. Set it with WEP security. Entered the code on the new Mac and all was fine there. Except now the Tivo (which runs through the network) and the old Mac didn't want to see the network.

After some fiddling around, reset the router again and everything saw the router. Cool. Put WEP protection back on. New Mac sees the network but the old Mac and Tivo once again won't.

Don't ask me what made me think of this, but I turned the wireless card off on the new Mac. Old Mac and Tivo can now see the network. Then, I turned the wireless card back on in the new Mac. Old mac and Tivo stay connected.

Hmm....