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So we are going to my wifes brothers place this weekend and they won't be there til Sunday night. In the past she brought her Thinkpad with Win2K pro and now she has a new work laptop she would like to get on his network. I was wondering if there is a way to view/copy the settings and key from the old profile to the new machine?
I've checked out the Network connections control panel but there doesn't seem to be a way to view the properties of a stored connection profile. Unless it shows up as an active network I can't view or modify it. Any guesses? Is it possible? I know I can just wait til Sunday but that would mean no internets ...(shudder) ... for almost three whole days! I think I shall die.
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They can't write the key down for you or tell you where it is written down? Is there a wired port on the router (assuming you have an ethernet cable), or is it locked in a closet?
Edit: with the right tool, you can crack a WEP password faster than the time it takes to type it in.
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It's written down but I was just wondering if I could transfer the profile.
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Are the WEP keys even stored on the computer? I just went through something similar a couple of weeks ago, trying to figure out how to get my son's laptop on my network. I had to switch from WAP2 to WEP to get him on, and the WEP keys were displayed on my Linksys set up site, but I don't remember that they appeared on his computer (running Win
XP.) And, yes, I've switched back. It was on WEP just long enough to let him download a firmware update so he can use WAP2.
I fully acknowledge that I know just enough to be dangerous! I was wondering, though, if you could get the information by logging in as admin on their wireless network.
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Well Alpha, I could get it from the router but I know Windows stores the connection profile somewhere and if I take this laptop to his house the profile will load and connect to his network without me having to add the key again. If it's stored on the computer (it is) then I should be able to find/access the profile and read the key.
I'm trying to find out where Windows stores the connection profiles.
