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   Pfsszxt@aol.com to All   
   Re: WEB Key?   
   27 Feb 13 08:33:45   
   
   On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:20:59 -0600, Grinder    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 2/26/2013 9:41 AM, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:   
   >> Off topic I know ---   
      
   >>   
   >   
   >I'm guessing that you're referring to a WEP key.   
       Yes --my mistake   
   >  WEP is an encryption   
   >scheme used to secure access to a wireless network.   
      
      Which raises another question! If the key assures secure access to   
   the network, then why is a password needed??   
      
      
   >WPA and WPA2 are also encryption schemes with their own forms of   
   >authentication--passphrases, for instance.  Note that WEP keys and WPA   
   >passphrases are something different than the "router password"   
      
    I know that ---- the printed sheet I got after the initial   
   installation of this router gave the key and some other info   
   but not the password. As if I had some reason to know the key??   
    So I wondered why I need to know the key   
      
   > that has   
   >been such an intransigent topic of discussion for you.   
      
      Maybe because no one ever has answered my original  questions.   
   Is there a way to recover the password?   !!!   
      If not, please describe the process to get a new one!   
    I know that ---- the printed sheet I got after the initial   
   installation of this router gave the key and some other info   
   but not the password. As if I had some reason to know the key??   
      
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