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My wireless access point SMC

My wireless access point lose the security enabled key.
Can someone help me ?

  • cgahongayire May 08, 2008

    SMC 2555W-AG

  • Anonymous May 11, 2010

    you can get the security key on your access point's setup page, the address of the setup page depends on the brand and model. Can you provide me the brand and model of your AP?

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Follow these steps to retrieve the wireless key:

1) Connect a computer wired directly to your accesspoint.
2) Assign a static IP on the computer with the range of 192.168.2.x (x is any number from 3-253).
3) If it prompts you for a user name and a password, user name is admin and password is smcadmin and click Login.
4) Select Advanced Setup. It will give you the window for the access point.
5) Select Security under Radio Interface 2. You can see which security is set on your AP. If it is set as WPA, the shared key is your network key. If WEP, the network key across the selected key is your password.

Take note that these instructions are if the IP settings of the Wireless AP have not been changed. If it is, you have to ask what is the IP first.

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