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192.168.1.1, admin admin. learning is fun
Wrong. Not everyones default gateway is that
How about
cmd
ipconfig /all
\\THEDEFAULTGATEWAYIP
Learning is fun
And how would you do that if you couldn’t even get on to the Wifi network? Not every router has the WPA key written on it either.
Go physically to the router, connect an ethernet cable and then use ipconfig or ifconfig.
all u guys are morans who don’t kno anything.
don’t you know it’s a series of tubes
I’m pretty sure we all know how to spell “moron”
Also, they’re called “wires”
I think he’s taking the p***
‘The internet is made of cats’ is a song suggesting that the internet is a series of tubes. But yeah. U spelled moron right! Props…
That is a commonly used ironic misspelling of “moron”.
Anyone who doesn’t know their wireless password is unlikely to have Ethernet cables and not every router will tell your your key when you log in to the admin page.
If you don’t have them, you don’t REALLY need internet.
Also you can do a HARD RESET…
…with a hammer.
maybe you can do it on *their* computer.
*gasp*
I’ve had that same feeling.
I’m so pathetic.
Look on the router numbskull
You’d think it’s that simple. But when their paranoid son installed the router, then forgets the password because he hasn’t visited in years. It’s painful. Oh, so painful.
yeah…Sorry about that…
Just use the WPS button…but, she’s probably using a mac.
Yeah, because all routers have WPS. I saw the original post of this and the router did not have WPS.
WiFi WPS exploit found; no solution yet: http://www.neowin.net/news/wifi-wps-exploit-found-no-solution-yet
better yet…go stay with relatives for the holidays….they don’t even have wifi…that was me, tethered to my phone all weekend.
Must have really gotten some quality time in with your folks.
shut up with ur first world problems loser
exact problem happened when i visited my relatives for christmas…
It’s called a reset button people! Press in for 10 seconds, and voila! No more pesky security!
And, depending on the setup, potentially no more internet. If they don’t know the WPA password it is much less likely they know the ISP login details.
EXACTLY! DUH! C’mon people! And if they don’t know their ISP password…call their ISP!
During the holidays? Good luck to you, sir…
screw it…default to [insert web-capable smart phone here]
hard reset and default password lol
If they’re using windows you can right click on the wireless network, click properties, and in the new window check ‘show characters’. Viola, you have the password. I’ve had to do this at my sisters when they didn’t know their password either, lol.
This only works if they are using a wireless connection and using Windows 7…
It only works if computers are invented someday.
DO NOT JUDGE ME!!!!
DO NOT JUDGE ANY OF US!!
I’m loving the nerd fight going on. (:
damn relatives were to stupid to have wi-fi. still had dial up.
Hard reset. 192.168.2.1. Admin / password. Set new password. Done. Oh wait, I guess that’s difficult because most of you have no thumbs.
IF YOU DONT HAVE THE WPA PASSWORD YOU CANT CONNECT ON THE ROUTER YOU DUMBASSES !
hard reset kills that password.
but if it’s a modem-router, it also kills the internet connection.
Open their computer -> Click the little wifi symbol in the System Tray -> Right-click their network -> Properties -> Tick the Checkbox for “Show characters”
This is on a Windows computer of course.
Step 1. Use mobile phone with internet to check hotel sites.
Step 2. Book hotel that has internet.
Step 3. Tell relatives to go to hell.
Kindly laugh at the intarwebs funny and move on people. Don’t overthink it.
I had the same problem before. My dad didn’t know his WiFi password. I could’ve cried.
The next day before I was about to leave, he told me it was written on the router the entire time, the password being mislabelled (in his own writing) as “Network thingy”. I could’ve cried.
This happened to me visiting a non-techie friend. On a Mac you just open up Keychain Access on their computer, in the list find the name of the router that the computer auto-connects to, and voila there is the password. They have to be around to type in their admin password to unlock the Keychain, though.
cain and abel is a wonderful program used it many times to get on my grandma’s wifi
This belongs on memebase, not failblog.
I hate that! When I was staying at my sister’s she told me it was her old phone number from another city. I had to hunt through all of her unpacked stuff to find a phone book for the other city. Took four hours. And all I wanted to do was check my damn email. LOL!
That’s my story every … single … time.
The alternative to the superspeed 5-bar 802.11n?
The neighborhood’s jurassic 1-bar 802.11b – unsecured but actually won’t even connect.