Home Networking

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I have a Nook Tablet, which connected and worked great when I first got it.  Now, it will no longer connect.  My other devises connect fine, including my Nook Reader.  The error msg I get says:  Change your security settings from WEP to WPA or WPA2 on your wireless access point or router.   Why would I have to do this now and not originally.  The tablet connects right up when I take it to a BN store.

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I'm not familiar with the Nook but most wireless devices have a way to delete a wireless connection, then re-connect and enter the password.

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Try these steps

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/NOOK-Simple-Touch-Support/Nook-WiFi-Connection-Issues-amp-Ver...

Nook WiFi Connection Issues & Verizon Actiontec Router

• Go to your router's IP address (you may have to call your cable provider to obtain this if you don't have it or simply connect through the computer wired to the router)
• Type in your user name and password
• Turn on your nook
• Click on your network within wireless settings and "Forget" the network
• Go back to the main settings page, go to Device Info, About Your Nook, and locate the Wi-Fi MAC address
• (This part is router specific but if you can figure out where this information is in your router, the steps should be the same) Go to Advanced --> IP Address Distribution
• Hit the button that says Connection List
• Look for your Nook's MAC address on your list. If it is there, press the Edit button (the notepad with the pencil) and click the box that says static IP.
• If it is not there, scroll to the bottom and hit New Static Connection. Enter a host name (no spaces), the IP address that you want to use (be sure that it's a valid address. Look at your other addresses on the connection list page to see one within the correct number range that is available), and that MAC address from your Nook.
• Hit apply, go back to your Nook's wireless settings, re-enter your password, and you should be good to go!!!

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for hostname just use  "nook", ip address of 192.168.1.50 and your mac address.

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theresay wrote:

I have a Nook Tablet, which connected and worked great when I first got it.  Now, it will no longer connect.  My other devises connect fine, including my Nook Reader.  The error msg I get says:  Change your security settings from WEP to WPA or WPA2 on your wireless access point or router.   Why would I have to do this now and not originally.  The tablet connects right up when I take it to a BN store.

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   WPA2 is the highest level of security out of the three right now. You can use the VZ in-home agent to change

   your security settings. I did and it was a piece of cake and the nook is back and more secure now. Good luck!