Resolved Setting up Netgear router

My sister-in-law moved back to town after her husband died. He handled all electronic or technical stuff, so she is pretty clueless about this stuff. (I'm not criticizing her; I'm not much better!) She moved in with her elderly mother, who has a computer running Vista. She wants me to hook up her router so she can have internet access in her bedroom and also connect her Iphone and Ipad to avoid burning through her data package. I was able to replace her missing power cord (see thread below.) The router is a Netgear N300. The only experience I have with this is hooking up my own ancient router about 10 years ago. I know the cable line goes into the cable modem, then a cat5 cable connects the modem to the back of the router, then a cat5 cable connects the router to the computer. I'm not sure what to do next. My router came with a disk that loaded software on my computer to lead me through this process. She has nothing.
I would appreciate any help leading me through this. Thanks in advance.

 

The router password is probably on the bottom of the router. That is all you will need. With the Ipad, go to wireless and it should see it and tell it to connect. It will ask for the password. Do the same for the Iphone. Don't worry about the disc.

 

Quite often the password is admin. Neil.

 

Here's the manual if your need more guidance...

Netgear N300​

I have my Netgear 7550 (AT&T) set to push button operation for connecting extra computers. The N300 will do the same thing according to the instructions.

 

I got it all hooked up OK and she is able to connect with all of her devices. Her husband had given the router a name, but it doesn't appear he ever set up a password. I went to routerlogin.net but I'm not sure how to set up the password. It's asking me to make selections of things like wep. I don't want to select the wrong things and screw it up or make the router useless.
Any guidance would be appreciated.

 

The default password is usually on a sticker on the bottom of the router. Wireless is the only time that something will need the password to connect to it. Wired requires NO password.

Usually the first time you get into the router, it is Admin and Admin. Then you can change anything you want once in it.

 

I selected WPA-PSK(TKIP)
I put in a new passphrase and clicked Apply.
A box opened that said WPS process is in progress. please apply the changes later. I clicked OK. The box closed and I still don't have this password protected.

 

Sucess! I googled the message and found a forum that had a work around.

1. Use the web interface to initiate a WPS process
e.g. Click "Add WPS client" on the menu, then click the button to start the process

2. Cancel the WPS process
e.g. Click the cancel button on the admin web page

3. Now go and edit your router settings.

Thanks for all of the help.