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forgot network security keyI have a wireless network set-up at my home since I work remote for my
company. Sadly my work laptop died and I now have a new one but I cant get it to connect to my home wireless because I have forgotten the network security key password. Is there anything I can do or where can I look on my desktop computer (where the wireless network was set-up) to retrieve the forgotten password to get the laptop onto the wireless network. "boundwings" <boundwi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message Some routers allow you to display the wireless encryption key in plain text.news:5695D146-3B30-48FC-9DCB-632B41EAF09A@microsoft.com... >I have a wireless network set-up at my home since I work remote for my > company. Sadly my work laptop died and I now have a new one but I cant get > it > to connect to my home wireless because I have forgotten the network > security > key password. Is there anything I can do or where can I look on my desktop > computer (where the wireless network was set-up) to retrieve the forgotten > password to get the laptop onto the wireless network. Look at the router admin pages and see if that is the case. If you can't then I suggest creating a new key and saving it off to a USB flash drive. For help doing that using Windows Connect Now (WCN) in either Vista or XP see these pages... http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2007/01/04/vista_5F00_networking_5F00_goodies_5F00_part1.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0406.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0604.mspx If your wireless access point/router or clients do not support WCN you can easily copy-n-paste the network key by opening the flash drive and navigating to the "\Smrtntky\Wsetting.txt" file and copying the key to the wireless access point/router or client. -- Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us... The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights... Thank you for your help. I got the wirless network onto my work laptop, but
when I connect it says limits or no connectivity even though it shows all 5 bars and when i click on it it says the network did not assign a network address to the computer. So now I guess I need to know how to assign a network address and then I should be good Show quote "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote: > "boundwings" <boundwi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:5695D146-3B30-48FC-9DCB-632B41EAF09A@microsoft.com... > >I have a wireless network set-up at my home since I work remote for my > > company. Sadly my work laptop died and I now have a new one but I cant get > > it > > to connect to my home wireless because I have forgotten the network > > security > > key password. Is there anything I can do or where can I look on my desktop > > computer (where the wireless network was set-up) to retrieve the forgotten > > password to get the laptop onto the wireless network. > > Some routers allow you to display the wireless encryption key in plain text. > Look at the router admin pages and see if that is the case. > > If you can't then I suggest creating a new key and saving it off to a USB > flash drive. For help doing that using Windows Connect Now (WCN) in either > Vista or XP see these pages... > > http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2007/01/04/vista_5F00_networking_5F00_goodies_5F00_part1.aspx > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0406.mspx > > http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0604.mspx > > If your wireless access point/router or clients do not support WCN you can > easily copy-n-paste the network key by opening the flash drive and > navigating to the "\Smrtntky\Wsetting.txt" file and copying the key to the > wireless access point/router or client. > > -- > > Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) > > Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the > mutual benefit of all of us... > The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no > rights... > > Did you actually find your previous password using the router's
configuration utility as suggested by Sooner Al? It sounds like you didn't. The symptoms you describe typically result from a misconfigured security setting. boundwings wrote: Show quote > Thank you for your help. I got the wirless network onto my work laptop, but > when I connect it says limits or no connectivity even though it shows all 5 > bars and when i click on it it says the network did not assign a network > address to the computer. So now I guess I need to know how to assign a > network address and then I should be good > > "Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote: > >> "boundwings" <boundwi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:5695D146-3B30-48FC-9DCB-632B41EAF09A@microsoft.com... >>> I have a wireless network set-up at my home since I work remote for my >>> company. Sadly my work laptop died and I now have a new one but I cant get >>> it >>> to connect to my home wireless because I have forgotten the network >>> security >>> key password. Is there anything I can do or where can I look on my desktop >>> computer (where the wireless network was set-up) to retrieve the forgotten >>> password to get the laptop onto the wireless network. >> Some routers allow you to display the wireless encryption key in plain text. >> Look at the router admin pages and see if that is the case. >> >> If you can't then I suggest creating a new key and saving it off to a USB >> flash drive. For help doing that using Windows Connect Now (WCN) in either >> Vista or XP see these pages... >> >> http://blogs.msdn.com/wndp/archive/2007/01/04/vista_5F00_networking_5F00_goodies_5F00_part1.aspx >> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0406.mspx >> >> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/columns/cableguy/cg0604.mspx >> >> If your wireless access point/router or clients do not support WCN you can >> easily copy-n-paste the network key by opening the flash drive and >> navigating to the "\Smrtntky\Wsetting.txt" file and copying the key to the >> wireless access point/router or client. >> >> -- >> >> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking) >> >> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the >> mutual benefit of all of us... >> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no >> rights... >> >> -- Lem -- MS-MVP - Networking To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm Hi
Disable the security on both the Router and the computer, make sure that it is working OK and then issue a New security setting. My Wireless does not work - http://www.ezlan.net/wireless.html Wireless Basic Configuration - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Config.html Wireless Security - http://www.ezlan.net/Wireless_Security.html Jack (MVP-Networking). Show quote "boundwings" <boundwi***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5695D146-3B30-48FC-9DCB-632B41EAF09A@microsoft.com... >I have a wireless network set-up at my home since I work remote for my > company. Sadly my work laptop died and I now have a new one but I cant get > it > to connect to my home wireless because I have forgotten the network > security > key password. Is there anything I can do or where can I look on my desktop > computer (where the wireless network was set-up) to retrieve the forgotten > password to get the laptop onto the wireless network.  |
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