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[blaise]

I just bought a new laptop. To connect with the wireless I need the network security key, which apparently we never wrote down. Is there somewhere on my old computer settings that I can find it?

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by blaise

I just bought a new laptop. To connect with the wireless I need the network security key, which apparently we never wrote down. Is there somewhere on my old computer settings that I can find it?

There's freeware out there if you Google 'find wireless password', but I've never used any of them, so I don't know if it's reliable. If it's a Linksys router, you can go to 192.168.1.1 in your internet browser on your old computer or while wired with your new laptop to get into your router... the default user/password to get into the router is admin/admin, and you can find the key under Wireless -> Wireless Security.

[QuikSsurfer]

Originally Posted by blaise

I just bought a new laptop. To connect with the wireless I need the network security key, which apparently we never wrote down. Is there somewhere on my old computer settings that I can find it?

What kind of router?

[Fish]

Originally Posted by blaise

I just bought a new laptop. To connect with the wireless I need the network security key, which apparently we never wrote down. Is there somewhere on my old computer settings that I can find it?

What type of router do you have? If you set a password, you can always hit a tiny button on the back of the router to manually reset it, but that also erases any configuration you've made with the router. That may or may not be a problem. If you tell us the type of router, we can tell you the name and password needed to log in after you reset it.