Setup password for existing network.

About a month ago I finally decided to go wireless in the house and bought a cheap router at fry's. During setup I was asked if I wanted to setup a password, I answered no. I figured if someone needed it, let them have access, right? Well apparently someone is super savvy and jerky because now I myself am having a hard time going online once in a while. This is because they setup passwords for themselves, I'm assuming. Bad!! Well, what has worked is turning off the router for about an hour and then turning it back on again. This is the way I have had to regain my internet access about three times now. So sad!
Well I now want to put a password for myself. I have not been able to figure it out though. I have put in the intall disk but that didn't work because it (duh) wants me to install the whole thing. So is my only option to unistall everything and then intall the network again (saying YES this time to the little password question) or is there an easier way?
Thank you!!

There are two passwords for networking that you should be aware of.
1. The password for configuring the router.
2. The password for allowing users to connect to the wireless network.
I think you left the first one empty, so someone connected, to your router and modified some configurations. If you can not log onto your router by typing it's ip into a web browser you should look for some reset button or hole in order to reset the thing. Then log in and set a configuration password.
By not setting a password for users to join the network, you leave it open for anyone to connect. Which some people choose to do, but you should at least have control over the router so that people cannot make any changes to the thing.

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