Locating WEP Encryption Key

[Steven]

Okay, yesterday, I bought a laptop with a built-in wireless router.

I am stuck at the point where you enter your WEP Key when setting up my Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Can someone please help!?

 

[Nekusagi]

It's the password you enter while setting up the router. You may have to un/reinstall it if you've forgotten.

 

[Steven]

Heh, I also need to ask where I look for it in my computer settings, as my router is built into my computer. ._.

 

[immewnity]

Can't really help you there. It is also called a network password. Look on the physical router, sometimes it shows the default.

 

[Luxio]

Not too fond of advertising my own thread, but if this doesn't help, let me know.

 

[Mr. Pokemon]

It's the password you enter while setting up the router. You may have to un/reinstall it if you've forgotten.

That's not necessarily true. If I navigate to my router's IP address, I have to enter a username and password to get into the settings page. But, to actually connect to the router, I have a different password setup.

I've never heard of a laptop with a built-in router... check the Control Panel for an icon specifically for your computer's router. if you can't find anything, try opening up a Web browser and typing "192.168.1.1". That's my router's IP address. It's usually the same for a lot of routers (not always however.) I don't know if that'd even work, because you have to be connected to the router to access the settings page with that IP address. And I don't know if you are connected to the router when using your laptop. If you manage to get a pop-up asking for a username and password, try "admin" for just the user and no password, both, or it could be "root" also.

Now, and if you want to get down and dirty, you might be able to hack your own router. Use Lifehacker's guide on how to do this: http://lifehacker.com/5305094/how-to-crack-a-wi+fi-networks-wep-password-with-backtrack.

But I'd go looking in the Control Panel - or maybe even your Start Menu. That's the most logical place for a utility used to setup your router to be hiding.

 

[Luxio]

Mr.Pokemon's darn-long post.

192.168.1.1 is Linksys default IP Address only, I believe, so that'll only function if you have a Linksys router. Also, a Linksys router usually starts with a WEP key functionality anyway, I think. If Darach has a Belkin or Hawking or something, he may have to sift through a WAP Key.

Also, I really wouldn't advise hacking your router under any situations. xDDD

 

[Shinx3000]

Yeah,

first the SSID is the name of your router like "SKID1109" or "KIM903" etc... if your router is linksys type http://192.168.1.1 into your browser. Here is a list of router IPs for the correct router you use: http://www.answersthatwork.com/Down...t_Router_Admin_Passwords_and_IP_addresses.pdf just remember to use http:// before the number (its the admin address)

You will be asked for a username/password if you haven't change it the default is usually:

User: 1234
Password: Password

if you don't know waht the username password is, you can rest the router. In exernal ones there is a little hole which you stick something like a pin in and hold it, unplug and re plug in your router and the username password resets to possibly what I said above or it would be:

Username: Admin
Password: Password

after you have got onto your router settings, go to Setup > Wireless settings. The SSID should be the first thing that it says and the WEP key should be near the bottom.

 

[Luxio]

http://192.168.1.1

Not that it matters, but the http:// isn't needed.

And in some cases, won't work.

 

[Shinx3000]

Not that it matters, but the http:// isn't needed.

And in some cases, won't work.

Really? Never worked for me without the http:// so I assumed you needed it

 

[Mr. Pokemon]

Also, I really wouldn't advise hacking your router under any situations. xDDD

Why? What's the worst that could happen? It's your router isn't it? The closest I've gotten to hacking my own router would be replacing the firmware (the Linksys firmware blows.) I guess some people call that hacking.

 

[Eevee]

Okay, yesterday, I bought a laptop with a built-in wireless router.

I doubt this. You probably bought a laptop with a built-in wireless card, yes, but routers are generally separate devices.

It's technically possible for two wireless cards to talk to each other with no router in the middle, but a brief Googling leads me to believe that the DS and Wii cannot do this; they need a real access point.

There are murmurings of software you can buy and certain wireless cards that can pretend to be access points, but I can't find anything concrete, useful on any card, and free. You'd likely be better off just buying a cheap router.

Then again, I'm curious: how are you getting online on a laptop if not via wifi? Does it just sit on a desk, plugged directly into a modem?

Not that it matters, but the http:// isn't needed.

And in some cases, won't work.

The http:// is correct, though. Otherwise you just have an IP address, not a link.

The only way it would not work is if your router is running HTTPS but no HTTP. This is extremely unlikely and I have never come across such a setup.

What's the worst that could happen?

You brick your router, have to buy another one, unbrick the first, permabrick the second, then give up because new Linksys routers suck.

Then you buy a WRT54GL two years later and slap Tomato on it and all is right with the world.

Of course if we're talking about cracking a WEP password, then absolutely nothing can go wrong, save for not actually getting the password. But I'm not convinced a router actually exists here in the first place.

 

[Mr. Pokemon]

Of course if we're talking about cracking a WEP password, then absolutely nothing can go wrong, save for not actually getting the password. But I'm not convinced a router actually exists here in the first place.

That's what I was referring to when I asked what was the worst that could happen.

Luckily, I haven't bricked my router when upgrading to Tomato (I've done it more than once.) It's an old model, just a WRT54G. But the firmware sucked just the same.

 

[Luxio]

The http:// is correct, though. Otherwise you just have an IP address, not a link.

The only way it would not work is if your router is running HTTPS but no HTTP. This is extremely unlikely and I have never come across such a setup.

You just came across such a setup. xD

 

[Eevee]

You just came across such a setup. xD

That's a really crappy router.

Leaving the http:// off shouldn't work in that case, anyway. Browsers assume HTTP if not told otherwise.

 

[Luxio]

That's a really crappy router.

Leaving the http:// off shouldn't work in that case, anyway. Browsers assume HTTP if not told otherwise.

It's not crappy at all. If anything, leaving out the http:// is convenient for you, to avoid typing it every damn time.

 

[Eevee]

You don't have to type it in the address bar, but it's not a URL without the protocol.

And I don't understand how including it could make a URL no longer work.

 

[Luxio]

I have no idea what you're talking about anymore right now, so I'll just let that fold.

o____O

 

[Steven]

I doubt this. You probably bought a laptop with a built-in wireless card, yes, but routers are generally separate devices.

It's technically possible for two wireless cards to talk to each other with no router in the middle, but a brief Googling leads me to believe that the DS and Wii cannot do this; they need a real access point.

There are murmurings of software you can buy and certain wireless cards that can pretend to be access points, but I can't find anything concrete, useful on any card, and free. You'd likely be better off just buying a cheap router.

Then again, I'm curious: how are you getting online on a laptop if not via wifi? Does it just sit on a desk, plugged directly into a modem?

Sounds like a very plausible case. =/

Also, yes, I don't use wi-fi to log on.