I have wireless internet and it quit today so I went online and entered the IP address in the browser on my hardwired computer to bring up the configuration window like i have done before, but it no longer brings up the window. Anyone know whats going on here?The IP_Address you enter to access the configuration pages of your wireless home router is not on the internet. It's accessing the firmware and/or memory within the home router. It uses a web page interface over either http or https protocol because that's what users are comfortable with and it already handles those protocols.

Start by recycling the power on the home router. Shutdown the computers. Unplug the router, wait a few seconds, PLUG it back in, wait for it to initialize and settle down (about a minute). Now restart your computer and see if you can connect.

If that doesn't work, you may want to reset the router back to factory defaults and then reconfigure everything from scratch. At factory defaults the router configuration page is accessed through a known IP_Address, username, and password. The values for these and the procedures to reset and configure the router should be in USER documentation for router which may be downloaded from internet (or possibly located on CD that came with router?).

When troubleshooting wireless access, it's best to start with no SECURITY until you establish wireless communications and then configure security at both ends of the channel (router and computer).

This site provides GOOD background information: Home Network, Wireless Network and Computer Networking Made EasyThanks DB, fortunately my wireless started working as mysteriously as it quit working, for no apparent reason at all. I will archive that reply for future need. You think there may be a security problem?Quote from: Amats on September 20, 2009, 12:52:28 AM

You think there may be a security problem?