Have you forgotten your Wifi password and are no longer able to connect your PC or smartphone and tablet to the wireless network? Do you want to find out the access codes of your wireless network? Then you should read this guide, because I will reveal how to find WiFi passwords on PC, Mac, Android and iPhone .
Viewing the password to access the wireless network is a very simple operation, and does not require great computer skills. In fact, don’t panic, the wireless key can be read directly in Windows, following a few simple steps.
Index
- How to recover WiFi passwords on Windows
- Find out Wifi password by connecting to the modem
- Find WiFi passwords on Mac
- Finding Wifi passwords on Android and iOS
How to recover WiFi passwords on Windows
On a computer connected to the WLAN , press the key combination Win + X , and in the menu that appears, click on the Network Connections item .
In the networks overview, click on Change adapter options and then double-click on the entry for your wireless network.
Press the Wireless Properties button , and finally the Security tab .
In the new window, the password is contained in the Network Security Key field , hidden with dots. To view the password and access the wireless network , you need to click Show characters to make it readable.
Make a note of the password displayed and close all the windows by clicking on the X . In this way you can connect any device to the Wireless network and surf the Internet safely.
Attention to view the Wifi password from PC, smartphone and tablet, the device on which you want to act must have connected at least once to the Wireless network from which you want to retrieve the access key. To view access passwords directly from the router, the device from which you will access the control panel of the router must already be connected to the wireless network.
Find out Wifi password by connecting to the modem
If you have difficulty finding the password from the device you are connected with, you can always try to connect to your wireless modem through the browser . What you need to do is type the router’s IP address in the address bar on your browser and press Enter .
You can find out the IP address of the router or by looking at the user manual, or by looking at the back of the device, or by trying to type the following standard IP addresses: 192.168.0.1 , 192.168.1.1 or again you can try with 192.168.1.254 (example http : //192.168.1.254 ). If you have difficulty finding it, read this guide: How to find the router’s IP address .
Once you have typed the exact IP address, enter your username and password , which, if you haven’t changed, are usually admin and admin or admin and password . In case you have forgotten the password to access the modem try to consult the technical manual, on the box or behind the router, usually you will find this information.
In 99% of cases if you have a D-Link for both entries, user and password , the word to type is “ admin “. Also try to enter on user: “ admin ” and leave the Password field blank .
If they have been changed, press and hold the Reset button on the rear panel of the router with a tip for about 6-10 seconds while it is on; the device will be reset and restarted automatically. In this way the default login username and password will both revert to admin (all lowercase).
After entering the modem configuration panel you can find the password of the wireless network by going to the Wi-Fi section , and then locate the WEP / WPA or WPA2-PSK key next to the network name ( SSID ) .
There are, however, two online services: Router passwords and CIRT which allow you to recover the factory logins and passwords of all routers. The brands and models are all there: NetGear , D-Link , 3COM , Alcatel , Allied Telesyn , Asus , Avaya , Axis , Cisco , Conexant , Ericsson , Linksys , Lucent , Novell , Sitecom , Pirelli , Xerox , Zyxel and all the others.
Find WiFi passwords on Mac
If you have a Mac and you need to discover Wifi passwords then you can access the Keychain Access function from Launchpad> Other . In the window that appears click on System in the left bar, Keychain section, and then click on Password, at the bottom of the left bar in the Category section.
To view the WiFi password in Mac OS X, double-click on your connection name to reveal the security key. Choose the Attributes tab and check Show password. Type Username and password and press OK . You should now be able to see the plaintext password next to Show password .
Finding Wifi passwords on Android and iOS
If you have a smartphone with an Android operating system, to view the password of the wireless network you must first have root permissions on the device. After unlocking it you can safely view the password of the Wifi network by installing the WiFi Key Recovery app . It is a free app that can show you, once the phone is unlocked, the list of wireless keys that Android has stored. Check out: How to get root permissions on Android .
If you have an iPhone or an iPad to view the password to access the wireless network you must necessarily unlock the mobile device. Check out: What is Jailbreak .
After unlocking it you can try to install Wifi Passwords from the App Store . This is a free app available on Cydia, and able to show you the list of wireless keys that iOS has stored.
If you found this article interesting, you may also find our guides on: How to see who is connected to my router and How to use your PC as a wireless router .
