I need help setting up my Wifi

[no1emi]

I just got my Coby Kyros MID7125, and I'm trying to set up the wifi. I put in the IP address, but I have no idea what a gateway is, or a netmask, or DNS 1 or 2. If someone could explain these things and where I get whatever they are from to put the information into my tablet that would be awesome. Thanks!

 

[pbrauer]

Where are you getting the IP Address from? What is the WiFi network you are trying to connect to?

 

[no1emi]

It's my home wifi network, and our IP address is for our router.

 

[no1emi]

on the menus of the wifi settings page it reads:

MAC address
Unavailable

IP address
Unavailable

IP settings

Use static IP (checkmarked)
IP address (which I entered)
Gateway
Netmask
DNS1
DNS2

 

[no1emi]

I figured it out! Thank you though. It popped up with our router name and connected automatically.

 

[no1emi]

Well, now that it recognized our wifi connection, I keep trying to connect, and it keeps saying "Disabled, secured with WEP" but they never prompted me to type in the WEP code. I've tried connecting repeatedly.

 

[no1emi]

Every other wifi that is in our range that I can click on has a space for the WEP code except the one I want to get into- could having the laptop running at the same time be interfering?

 

[Zelos]

I figured it out! Thank you though. It popped up with our router name and connected automatically.

Can you post how you fixed it ?