Airport Name and Password?

I just got my MacBook Pro 2 days ago and I used to ethernet cord to connect to the internet and that worked fine. I just tried to get on the internet after connecting to my router wirelessly and airport is asking me for a name a password no matter what web address I try to go to. Does anyone know what I'm supposed to put in there or how I can get rid of that?

if you get this in safari
that's because wireless navigation isn't enabled yet.
all this MUST be done via ethernet cord
all you need to do is:
-enter your router's username and password (usually it's 'admin' for both, if it's not this you might wanna check your manual)
-once access is granted, go to something like 'wireless connection' navigating your router's homepage
once you are there, allow wireless connection
if this happens when you try to connect wirelessly using airport before starting safari
the message should say "'your network' requires a WPA/WEP password" and to know this password you gotta do what I told you above

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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2712
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If you've enabled root logins, log in as root and promote the other user to an admin.
Option 2
Recover your entire system from the last Time Machine snapshot taken before the damage was done, if you know when that was. Afterwards you can restore any data that has changed since then from a later snapshot. If you’re an advanced user familiar with the shell, there may be a quicker fix, but I prefer not to get into that.
Option 3
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remove /var/db/.AppleSetupDone?
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y
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reboot
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