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To: Raptech who wrote (46550)	6/26/2005 3:59:45 PM
From: SI Dave	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110652

If I understand what you are saying, his computer is there and it has wireless access, but you can't see the WEP key in his wireless client because it is masked. That's how it's supposed to work. You may be able to login to the wireless router's interface from his computer, which is what you would need to do to see the key. From his computer, using IE or some other browser, try going to 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1. If you get prompted to login, skip the login name and try "admin" for the default password. However, since he is making a token effort to encrypt the wireless, he probably (and wisely) changed the default password on his router. If you, go to Wireless Security and get the key and index there. These aren't state secrets, by the way. But if you do accomplish this, you should tell him so he can change his password and/or WEP if he wants to. :-)