XPost: alt.windows-xp, alt.os.windows-vista   
   From: rednoise@REMOVETHIScomcast.net   
      
   On 01 Mar 2013, Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote in alt.windows-xp:   
      
   > When I installed a wireless router several years ago, I faild to   
   > save (or else have  misplaced) my wireless router password.   
      
   Which password? The password to get into the router setup, or the   
   wireless passkey needed to connect to the wireless network? Please   
   be specific and detailed.   
      
   > So, about two weeks ago, I went to Google and asked for "recover   
   > wireless password". Featured on the first page of search results   
   > was a You Tube video claiming to show how to do the recovery.   
   > First it said go to:  START/Programs/ Run/ipconfig. Then, it said,   
   > there will a display of data the last line being an IP address.   
   > Then it said, go to that address and another screen will be   
   > displayed with the last line being the desired router password.   
      
   That's not accurate. The address you're looking for is labeled   
   "Default Gateway". It is not necessarily the last line. The Default   
   Gateway is the address of the router.   
      
   What do you mean "go to"? Please be detailed and specific. What you   
   *should* mean is 'enter that IP address into your web browser.' That   
   will take you to the setup utility on your router. You will have to   
   enter the router password in order to view or change the router   
   settings, including the wireless network   
   password/passkey/passphrase. You will have to negotiate the setup   
   utility's menus to find where to change the security settings - it   
   will not be "the last line".   
      
   > Here's where it gets really curious!  For some reason MS(?) has   
   > changed the XP system! "ipconfig" has been disabled! It produces a   
   > screen for about a third of a second and then it disappears. I   
   > tried the same on a Vista machine and there ipconfig has been   
   > disabled too!   
      
   This is not at all curious. This has been the normal behavior with   
   Windows for decades. If you enter IPCONFIG into the Run box, a   
   command window opens up briefly then closes before you can read the   
   command's return. It's always worked that way. In order to see the   
   results of the command, you have to first open a command window by   
   entering CMD in the run box. Then issue your command IPCONFIG at the   
   prompt.   
      
   > Then I went looking for the You Tube video ---it also seems to be   
   > gone. Then I went to the IP address which the first attempt gave   
   > me. It no longer gives anything!   
      
   What you mean you "went to"? How did you do that. Please be   
   specific and detailed.   
      
   Did you read the Linksys manual that several kind people found for   
   you?   
      
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