XPost: alt.windows-xp   
   From: none@none.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 08 Feb 2013 17:20:11 -0500, Keith Nuttle   
    wrote:   
      
   >On 2/8/2013 12:04 PM, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >>   I'm not understanding the result of the reset. How then do I get all   
   >> the computers able to log in to the network with a new password   
   >> --does something then tell me password, IP address etc?   
   >   
   >I hope it is not too late to ask this question but it must be asked.   
   >   
   >There are two "password" required for a lan. The first with a password   
   >allows you to access the router set up.   This can easily be recreated   
   >by resetting the router to factory defaults.   I believe everyone   
   >including me thought you were talking about this password.   
      
   No, he clearly asked about the WiFi password, not the router's admin   
   password. I have no idea why ANYONE assumed he meant the router's admin   
   password. That's a completely different animal.   
      
   >The other  "password" is passed from the computer to the router when the   
   >computer comes onto the lan.   
      
   Only for wireless connections.   
      
   >This is not a password like you use to log   
   >into you email, but part of the LAN security.  This is usually more that   
   >8 numbers and is a random number.   
      
   Yes, it's similar to any other password in that it's composed of any   
   combination of upper- or lowercase letters, numbers, symbols, etc., and it's   
   kept relatively secret. It can be all numbers and it can be generated   
   randomly, but such is usually not the case.   
      
   >This should be written down.   
   >   
   >If this is lost it probably will not be found by the programs being   
   >discussed.  If lost the best way to go would be to recreate it and then   
   >go to each computer and enter the number when asked.   
      
   The easiest way to recover it is to log into the router and view it there,   
   if the router allows that. If not, the easiest way to recover it is the   
   Nirsoft utility I mentioned twice in this thread already. There are   
   additional ways, but they probably aren't as easy. Resetting the router to   
   factory defaults is yet another way to overcome the issue, but it's a bit   
   drastic and wouldn't be my first choice. Beats me why others have suggested   
   that approach as anything other than a last resort.   
      
   >On my router I log in to the router, and in the set up enter the new   
   >random number, the length and method is dependent on the router.   
      
   It's unclear what you might be referring to, (WPS, perhaps?), but it's   
   pretty obviously not the wireless password, which I believe is what the OP   
   was asking about.   
      
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