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so i bought a new netbook and i'm trying to connect it to my wireless network. i'm being asked for my network key, i don't remember it and for the life of me i can't find it on this computer. help.

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Originally posted by trev33
so i bought a new netbook and i'm trying to connect it to my wireless network. i'm being asked for my network key, i don't remember it and for the life of me i can't find it on this computer. help.
Have you looked under the network mat?

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Originally posted by orangutan
Have you looked under the network mat?
which is where?

i went into the advanced properties of the network connection and it shows the network key blocked out, so i can change thing on this computer using my network key but i can't see what the network key is. anywhere.

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i have access to the router, i just need the network key to connect to my network.

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Originally posted by trev33
which is where?

i went into the advanced properties of the network connection and it shows the network key blocked out, so i can change thing on this computer using my network key but i can't see what the network key is. anywhere.
wow.

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Originally posted by kyngj
wow.
that didn't help.

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Originally posted by trev33
that didn't help.
Sorry, I unfortunately know nothing to add to the situation, but I was rather amused by your lack of acknowledgment of what the 'network mat' might be :-)

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NirSoft is your friend for all your password and electronic key needs.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html

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Check on the router - some companies slap a sticker with it on underneath or on the side.

Failing that, it should be somewhere in the documentation you got with it.

Failing that, what model router is it?

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Originally posted by Daemon Sin
Check on the router - some companies slap a sticker with it on underneath or on the side.

Failing that, it should be somewhere in the documentation you got with it.

Failing that, what model router is it?
d-link

model no. dsl-g604t

there was a sticker on it with numbers but neither of them what i need.

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Originally posted by trev33
d-link

model no. dsl-g604t

there was a sticker on it with numbers but neither of them what i need.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2091715_obtain-lost-network-key-dlink.html

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A geek, actually...

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Originally posted by trev33
d-link

model no. dsl-g604t

there was a sticker on it with numbers but neither of them what i need.
Open a browser window and type

http://192.168.1.1

Press enter. A password box should appear.
The default is
Username : Admin
Password : admin

Unless the default info has been changed it should work.
Otherwise 🙁

If you get in, go to the security page and change the password.