This is my first foray into your Forum world having just joined today. I am pleased to be here. I hope this is the right department to post this question.

I have the 2Wire 2701HG-B wireless router and an AT&T DSL Internet connection. I recently discovered a little bit about encryption and security regarding these devices.

I wish to know how to switch my device from WEP to WPA2. Everything I have tried so far has prov-en unsuccessful. I can change it in the security tab to WPA2 but I lose my Internet connection because it says the router doesn't agree with the newly set computer settings. I have also tried typing in the IP address for the router in the address box but I do not go to the router configuration page as I have read that it says I should. I have tried connection an Ethernet cable directly to the router and computer but I did not see what that accomplished. It was supposed to connect me to the router configuration page, I thought, but it didn't. CLEARLY, I am missing some important step in understanding what to do.

All in all, everything I have tried has disconnected my Internet connection and I have to put things back the way they were to get the Internet back. That means I still have WEP-which is what I started with but do not want.

How do I effectively change this?

Then the next question will be how to set up a master PASSWORD in which to access it all using KeePass? But that's the next story.....

Thank you very much and I hope SOMEONE can help me.

TRY here for the info:

http://support.2wire.com/?page=view&article=60

Good Luck Thank you so much for that info website. I have made some progress since I posted my question. I have now been able to pull up the router configuration page. It seems I was using the WRONG IP address. With the help of your website link and the router configuration page, I can now try to affect my changes.

If the changes take, then my next task will be to try and understand the KeePass master password setup and tie that to the router security. I could use some help there too, if anyone has used it before.

Thanks.