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Cant find Wep key. please help!?

Post by TiaStady » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:38 am

Cant find Wep key. please help!?
My router is a netopia which is a standard issue from eircom broadband. Its model no. is: 3347nwg-Eir. I got this wireless router from a friend of a friend but i didnt get the wep key and for various reasons it is not possible to contact the previous owners. The key is not written on the bottom as i have checked and tried all and any numbers. I cant hack it as there must be traffic to do that plus my wireless card must be the only one in existance that is not compatible with the set of windows packet sniffers airsnort etc. I have gone so far as to physicaly open the router to look for the number but no luck. Please help

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Post by Cool_Fire » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:40 pm

If you have access to the admin interface, you can just change the WEP key. If not, you've got a problem.
You can google around for standard passwords for that model of wireless router and try those. In some cases a factory reset can help too.
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Post by Thor » Fri Aug 12, 2011 12:03 am

On the subject of default passwords; I've had these sites bookmarked for years:

http://www.phenoelit-us.org/dpl/dpl.html // This place is fairly old school.

http://www.routerpasswords.com/ // This one actually seems a little better then the second one I was going to post. between the two you should be able to find any default password.

Just hold that reset button down on the back of the router, usually a little pin hole...
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Post by stasik » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:43 am

as mentioned, connect to router via cable and try to log in and see or change the pass. if the default pass not working, u could reset the router to its default setting (by holding the reset button for 8 second, or by holding the reset button while powering off, ar maybe other way for ur router), then use the default pass, log in, change the wifi pass.

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Post by rak10 » Fri Jan 25, 2013 5:13 pm

If can not find the router password, the other easy way to find your WEP key is to use http://www.sterjosoft.com/wireless-passwords.html or http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html

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Post by Cool_Fire » Sun Jan 27, 2013 4:14 pm

rak10 wrote:If can not find the router password, the other easy way to find your WEP key is to use http://www.sterjosoft.com/wireless-passwords.html or http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html

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It's worth noting that this only works if the WEP key is stored on the machine you're running the program on. It just checks for networks that you've previously connected to and stored the key for.
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Post by supersu » Sat Dec 03, 2016 12:31 am

YOu can try this step if the above mentioned steps fails to help you and you have android device/windows PC which is previously connected to the network

check the windows wireless adapter properties for getting the wifi key
or you can check the following path in your android folder. data/misc/wifi and open the wpa_supplicant.conf file , You can find the ssid followed by the pass phrase of your wifi network (the device must be a rooted one :confused: )
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