Since I'd like to try a wireless connection between the Roku and computer, would I be asked to give information
I may not know even though nothing computer-related is password protected?

To connect your Roku to the Internet, youâÂÂll need to know the name of your wireless network (SSID), and of course, the passphrase/security key if your home network is protected and it should be.

Others may know more about it, but I'd try connecting those color coded wires / connectors and see how it goes, there for audio and video.

Thanks, Zep.
When I tried using my new laptop, it connected wirelessly to the internet with no help from me.... Thank goodness.
Was hoping Roku might respond the same way.

You're not going to mess anything up with a Roku box unless you start disconnecting cables you've already got in place.

You just need to connect the color-coded Roku cables to one of the vacant sets of ports on the back of the tv and make a note of which port it is. Then turn on the tv, set the tv to the correct source (the one you plugged the Roku into), and you should see a setup screen.

Just think of the Roku like you do a DVD player: it's just another source for video that's connected to the back of the tv, except, instead of getting a movie from a disc, you're getting it from the Internet.

The link below shows the installation drawings...

Here is a link that might be useful: Roku

Thank you, Kudzu. I will do as you suggest as soon as the person who's almost always watching that tv goes to bed....

I appreciate the analogy about the DVD player. Now I know to press the tv 03 button -- which is what needs to be
done to watch a DVD or Video tape. That's encouraging.

Hope the setup screen is something understandable. Thanks again. Will report back on the results.

I can tell you that I used to have a lot more fun in the middle of the night.... :)
Got as far as where it says: "enter your security info."

I - again - got the message: "Can't connect to your local network."
My computer was on and connected to the internet.

The last code I tried was the 10-letter/number which was
the 'password for the homegroup on your network.' Note
that I said "last code I tried." Maybe I just can't find
the particular code needed, but am quitting for awhile.

If anyone has any viable suggestions, I'm open to trying them.

patty-
Every time you connect a new device to your network, like a new computer, or a game box or a Roku, it needs the security code for your router. If you can't find or remember the right one, then the only option you may have is to reset the router, and reconfigure the password and the security. But I'm not going to tell you how to do that unless you really need to.

Kudzu, after (too) much time and effort -- and losing my laptop wireless connection -- was able
to get most everything connected and straightened out. It seems that my wired computers had
one code and the wireless another. Ended up doing precisely what you just suggested and I reset
the router and gave it a password. Hooray. I appreciate your interest and knowledgeable input.
Thank you so much.

Glad that worked out for you, and that it was within your ability to reset it. While it shouldn't be that big a deal, it might be a stretch for some folks. You must feel good. Now write the password(s) down and put that paper some place safe that you'll remember! (I speak from experience.)

So...does this mean you got also the Roku box going and have figured out the right input to switch the tv to?

"...within your ability to reset it." Well, it sure stretched whatever abilities I have!
LOL I have so little intuitive instincts toward anything electronic, it takes a lot of
burnt brain cells to achieve success.

Passwords were printed en masse!

Have been able to watch things on tv via the Roku, and printed out those instructions
in duplicate, too.

Thank you again for your suggestions and encouragement. :)

patty-
You're welcome...that's great! And I have to say that, while I may know a little more about computers than you, a lot of that knowledge was gained rather painfully, too. You get special marks for persevering with this...

Appreciate the kudos Kudzu! If it weren't for you and others like yourself at this great forum,
I'd probably have to be locked up for destruction of property -- specifically computers.
Either that or residing at the loony bin for the terminally frustated.

Er - frustrated.