hi

my friend is coming over today and will be here the rest of the week.

he will take his laptop with him so we can play some age of empires 2 over lan.

now i need to find out what my wpa2 key is for him to join the network.

i cant get into the router since its password protected and my dad isnt here to help me.

i am connected to the network so is there a way i can find out what my wpa2 key is so my friend can join the network?

thx in advance

If you are using Window's connection settings I know that they * out the password, so the only way to get the key is if you wrote it down somewhere or if you have access to the router.

If you know how to setup the router properly you could always do a factory reset on it and set it back up. Honestly, I would just call your dad and ask for the router password.

i cant contact him since he left his phone here and doesnt want to be contacted
so i guess ur saying that it isnt possible

well, then your only other option is to reset the router. Or, you could just get a cable and plug in directly. I'm sure your friends laptop has a network card.

There maybe a a chance, some routers have their security key written on some label on them. If you can find it it may be a preset password.

Also I couldn't help noticing that there was a PC Q&A sticky where this could have fit nicely into, instead of making a new topic.

fritz!box

If you are on a mac use keychain access.. you do have to use the administrator password to get into keychain access.. find your router in the list and click on password..

You can download WiFi cracking software and crack your own router. Just download the software and set it up, then start streaming media offline (like from Fox.com) so lots of data goes across the connection. The more data you can pass over Wifi the faster it can be cracked.

I would look some up for you, but the firewall I'm behind now doesn't like hacker related websites

Wait a minute.. he is bringing his own laptop? Then he should be able to create his own netwerk with his build in wifi and you can connect to it with your pc..

@nordlead
what kind of software do you recomend?
@ Nikkom
so then he can make an access point and i can connect to it?