WEP Key.

_J_

I'm at my sibling's apartment and she uses WiFI for some reason and forgot her WEP key.

The computer I'm on now connects to her WiFi. Is there a way for me to find the WEP key?

I tried to log into the wireless Belkin Router but do not know the username/password that has admin access.

RichardTauber

... but how are you posting? HUUUUH?

edit: Please ignore me.

Lave II

If it's a mac, you keep your wep key in keychain.app

Worse case, reset the router.

_J_

I am on my sibling's computer. I want to be on my laptop. But I don't know the WEP key. So I want to discover what the WEP key is that this computer is using so I can enter it onto my laptop.

j0hnz3r

Lave II wrote: »

If it's a mac, you keep your wep key in keychain.app

Worse case, reset the router.

Just reset the router, then reset the password and wep key.

There's a way to packet sniff the wep key, but I'm not posting that here. Google is your friend.

_J_

She uses a D-Link WUA-1340 USB Adapter. ANd the wireless router is a Belkin.

_J_

I'll try the packet sniffer.

I would not think that it would be that difficult. This computer is using the WEP key, so it has to be on here.

Echo

Log on to router.

Check wifi settings.

Get WEP key.

If not possible, set new WEP key.

Zetx

I've used a program called Proactive System Password Recovery which lists WEP keys (among other things) that's saved on the computer.

Daedalus

If all else fails, you could give Aircrack a try.

grambo

There should be a manual reset to factory defaults button/switch on the wireless router, just do that and redo the config (takes 30sec).

Also you should use WPA/WPA2 if possible, WEP is pretty easy to break (low risk for a home network I know, but if you are in an apartment there could be some asshole dork sniffing).

japan

grambo wrote: »

There should be a manual reset to factory defaults button/switch on the wireless router, just do that and redo the config (takes 30sec).

Wouldn't that wipe out the connection settings as well? I know I have to re-enter all the ISP details if I reset my router. It is an all-in-one, though (the ADSL modem is built into it), I don't know how it would work if it's a seperate router and modem.

ZackSchilling

_J_ wrote: »

She uses a D-Link WUA-1340 USB Adapter. And the wireless router is a Belkin.

See if you can get on the router's settings. http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.2.1

Username: <blank>
Password: admin

Or if she changed the password, find that out.

From there, you can back up the router settings to her computer, rifle through the text file it makes and get the WEP key out of there. It worked for me when I was on vacation at a time share and we didn't know the Belkin router's key. I plugged in to a wired port to get on the admin panel (they left that with the default password).

evilmrhenry

Try Software\Microsoft\WZCSVC\Parameters\Interfaces in the registry. (assuming Windows XP)

TelMarine

If she didn't change the password on the router, it is either admin/admin or admin/password

Logicow

Our D-Link is Admin, no password.

grambo

japan wrote: »

grambo wrote: »

There should be a manual reset to factory defaults button/switch on the wireless router, just do that and redo the config (takes 30sec).

Wouldn't that wipe out the connection settings as well? I know I have to re-enter all the ISP details if I reset my router. It is an all-in-one, though (the ADSL modem is built into it), I don't know how it would work if it's a seperate router and modem.

Yes, but if your ISP uses DHCP (should be 99% of the time with casble/DSL) you don't have to enter any settings, they auto populate from the DHCP server. You will lose any port forwarding/security settings you have, for me it takes 30sec as I have it all memorized (huge nerd).

Athenor

I dunno how to take this. I know the WEP is pretty insecure, but this is basically a how-to on how to break into a router. I find that fascinating.

grambo

Athenor wrote: »

I dunno how to take this. I know the WEP is pretty insecure, but this is basically a how-to on how to break into a router. I find that fascinating.

Personally, I think the risk is low for using a wifi router in your house for your home machines. For a few months, my roommate and I actually just used MAC filtering, until we realized how easy it was to break using downloadable tools (binaries, so any idiot can do it). Again, use easy to find tools, someone could conceivably sniff useful information or at least get into our public shares. We now use WPA2 PSK with a long key. There are still ways of sniffing the key but it will at least take a decent amount of effort, and with 10-15 networks in range (we live in a condo development), chances are casual hax0rs would move onto an easier target. There's no reason not to use WPA2 if all your device support it, just email yourself the 64char key and enter it once, then done.

Echo

Athenor wrote: »

I dunno how to take this. I know the WEP is pretty insecure, but this is basically a how-to on how to break into a router. I find that fascinating.

What, logging on using the user name and password? Yeah, high-level hacking going on here.