schulte Posted December 14, 2004 CID Share Posted December 14, 2004 i have a laptop with a WEP key stored on it, but i dont know what the WEP key is. in the connection properties, it shows up but of course its asterik'd out. anyone know how i can retrieve it to see the WEP key? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted December 14, 2004 CID Share Posted December 14, 2004 schulte , Welcome to the site, below is a link that will help explain this to you......Keep visiting and tell your friends:) http://www.kingsley-hughes.com/tech/security/wep.htm Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schulte Posted December 14, 2004 Author CID Share Posted December 14, 2004 alright, thanks... i took a look at it; its neat... the thing is i already have the WEP key stored and i wanted to retrieve it not generate a new one... thakns tho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 15, 2004 CID Share Posted December 15, 2004 i dont think there is a way to recover the WEP key... Once entered it is encriped into the registry and can not be retrieved... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Posted December 15, 2004 CID Share Posted December 15, 2004 If you are dealing with a WEP generated with DLINK ....called their 24/7 number and they can tell you how to 'wipe' it from your registry. (They helped me when I was playing with wireless a few years back ...and I remember it was just a matter of deleting a key in the "reg" ...I think). 1-877-453-5465 for 24/7 DLINK WEP has three levels (or more): 64-bit = 10 digits 128-bit = 26 digits 256-bit = 52 digits *Add that to your Book of Worthless Knowledge (along with mine)! heheh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schulte Posted December 15, 2004 Author CID Share Posted December 15, 2004 basically whats goin on is i have access to laptops with the WEP key entered into them, but i dont know the WEP key. i also dont have access to the AP's. i want to use my laptop on the WLAN but i dont have the WEP key, so im stuck... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICROWAVE Posted December 15, 2004 CID Share Posted December 15, 2004 I am almost certain we removed this from my friends laptop and reinstalled to solve this problem....I have sent an email to him to see if he remembers exactly how we did this, It is true that it is encrypted but we were not after the password we took it out so we could reload and get a new password key generated,I will try and get info and PM you, but that would be my approach is to remove and reinstall and start over.You may want to look for a WEP B.B. and see if anyone else has a suggestion. Microwave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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