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What to do if I forgot the password from Vifay: Available options

Many faced a case when you do not know what to do if you forgot the password from Wi-Fi. Do not panic. The problem is solved by several methods that can be viewed, choose the most suitable for yourself. How to recall the login with the key from the router, we will tell in our article.

If the Internet at home is connected through the fiber-optic connection from the company “or” Beltelecom byfly “, Wi-Fi routers go special models such as ZYXEL. On the back of the case there is a sticker with information. So look at the password on the router. As a rule, it works.

In the next video-the simplest ways to find out the password from Wi-Fi:

Through the center of control of wireless networks

This decision is considered the most common due to simple manipulations when they forgot the Wi-Fi password. Anyone can cope with this if you follow the setting instructions.

• We go to the “Control Panel”, go through the “Center for Networks and Fast Access Management”. If you can’t enter, you need to click on the warning panel.
• On the side panel on the left we find “management of wireless networks” and click.

This method may not work if it is impossible to set a box of visibility of information, or it simply has not displayed. In this case, you need to try something else.

We are looking for a Wi-Fi password on a router sticker

On most modern routers, as well as on all branded routers from providers or RU house, a Wi-Fi password is written on a sticker that is glued to the router.

Usually this sticker is located behind or below. Turn over or expand the router and you will see it. Sometimes, the same password is set as a password by default as on WPS-pin (8 digits).

View Wi-Fi Password in Windows 10

In order to look at the Wi-Fi password in the Windows 10 operating system, you need a computer or laptop with a Wi-Fi already connected and configured with a network from which you want to know the password.

Through a graphic integration

On the Windows 10 taskbar, find and click with the left mouse button on the wi-fi icon. Select “Network and Internet” Parameters.

In the “Parameters” window opened, scroll down and open the “Network Management Center and General Access”.

In the window opened, click on the “wireless network”.

In the “Status. Wireless Network” window, click on the “Properties of the Wireless Network”.In the properties window that opens, go to the “Safety” bookmark and put the checkplace “display the entered signs”. Everything, now you see your password from the connected Wi-Fi and you can connect other devices to it.

Through the command line

To find out the password from Wi-Fi through the command line in Windows 10, you need to perform the following actions:

On the taskbar, click on the icon of the magnifier.In the search bar on the keyboard, type “CMD”. At the very top, the program “Team string” will be found.

Click on it with the right mouse button.Select “Starting on behalf of the administrator”.

The window will open in which the following commands will need to be entered:

Netsh Wlan Show Profiles. the team displays the list of all saved wireless networks.Netsh Wlan Show Profiles Name = Vashe-Nazvanie Key = Clear-the team displays the parameters of the preserved network with the name “Vashe-Nazvanie”, including the password (contents of the key), but only if the command line is launched on behalf of the administrator.

Video Instruction: how to watch a password from Wi-Fi in Windows 10

View Wi-Fi Password in Windows 10

In order to look at the Wi-Fi password in the Windows 10 operating system, you need a computer or laptop with a Wi-Fi already connected and configured with a network from which you want to know the password.

Through a graphic integration

On the Windows 10 taskbar, find and click with the left mouse button on the wi-fi icon. Select “Network and Internet” Parameters.

In the “Parameters” window opened, scroll down and open the “Network Management Center and General Access”.

In the window opened, click on the “wireless network”.

In the “Status. Wireless Network” window, click on the “Properties of the Wireless Network”.In the properties window that opens, go to the “Safety” bookmark and put the checkplace “display the entered signs”. Everything, now you see your password from the connected Wi-Fi and you can connect other devices to it.

Through the command line

To find out the password from Wi-Fi through the command line in Windows 10, you need to perform the following actions:

On the taskbar, click on the icon of the magnifier.In the search bar on the keyboard, type “CMD”. At the very top, the program “Team string” will be found.

Click on it with the right mouse button.Select “Starting on behalf of the administrator”.

The window will open in which the following commands will need to be entered:

Netsh Wlan Show Profiles. the team displays the list of all saved wireless networks.Netsh Wlan Show Profiles Name = Vashe-Nazvanie Key = Clear-the team displays the parameters of the preserved network with the name “Vashe-Nazvanie”, including the password (contents of the key), but only if the command line is launched on behalf of the administrator.

View Wi-Fi Password in Windows 7 or Windows 8

In order to look at the Wi-Fi password in Windows 7 or 8, you need a computer or laptop with an already connected and configured Wi-Fi connection to the network from which you want to know the password.

Through a graphic integration

To find out the Wi-Fi password in the Windows 7 Graphic Interate, follow the following actions:

On the taskbar, click on the left mouse button on the signal level. As in a screenshot below.In the window that opened, with a list of Wi-Fi networks, find your network with the status of “Connected”.Click on the name with the right mouse button and select “Properties”.In the window that opens, put the checkplace “display the entered signs”.Network security key is the password from connected Wi-Fi. Write it on a leaflet or take a picture so as not to forget.

Through the command line

To find out the password from Wi-Fi through the Windows 7 command line, open the Start menu and dial on the CMD keyboard. At the very top, the command line “CMD” will be found. Click on it with the right mouse button and select “Starting on behalf of the administrator”.

Netsh Wlan Show Profiles. the team displays the list of all saved wireless networks.Netsh Wlan Show Profiles Name = Vashe-Nazvanie Key = Clear-the team displays the parameters of the preserved network with the name “Vashe-Nazvanie”, including the password (contents of the key), but only if the command line is launched on behalf of the administrator.

PCWORLD: How to find your Wi-Fi password in Windows 11

Marshall Gunnell (Marshall Gunnell)

Someday you had so that friends want to connect to your Wi-Fi, but you cannot remember the password? Or maybe you forgot the password from the Wi-Fi network, in which previously registered? Here’s how you can solve these problems in Windows 11.

Search for Wi-Fi passwords in the control panel (Control Panel)

This method works if you already have a Wi-Fi account for which you want to restore the password. This is convenient for the above script with friends-you are always connected to your Wi-Fi network, so no longer remember the password that you want to share with a friend.

First, open the control panel (Control Panel), and then click on the network and the Internet (Network and Internet).

On the next screen, click the networks of networks and total access (Network and Sharing Center).

And in the window opening the main information about the network and the View Your Basic Network Information and Set Up Connection) you will see your active network. To the right of the connection (Connections) click on the name of your Wi-Fi connection.

Now the Wi-Fi Status (Wi-Fi Status) dialog box will open. Click the properties of the wireless network (Wireless Properties).

The Wireless Network Properties Dialogue window will open. Click on the Security tab, and then install the flag display the entered signs (Show Characters). After that, in the text field, the Network Security Key will be shown your Wi-Fi password.

Search for Wi-Fi password using the Windows terminal (Windows Terminal)

If at the moment you are not authorized in your Wi-Fi network, but have a registered account, then you can use the Windows (Windows Terminal) terminal to find out the password. This is ideal if you need to connect to the network, but you cannot find/remember your password.

First open the Windows terminal (Windows Terminal) on behalf of the administrator. To do this, click on the mouse button with the Windows logo on the taskbar, and then in the prototype experimental user menu (Power-User Menu), click the left mouse key on the Windows terminal (Admin) (Admin)).

Netsh Wlan Show Profile “Wi-Fi Name]” Key = Clear

Instead of [wi-fi name] write the name of your real Wi-Fi network. For example:

Netsh Wlan Show Profile “Elecom5g-48b17d” Key = Clear

The system will give a variety of information about your Wi-Fi network, including password. You will find it in the Security Settings parameters to the right of the line of the Key Content.

Password management is an important measure to ensure the safety of your router and home network. If you lose your password, then the best that you can do is change it.

If nothing helped

In this case, write your questions in the Комментарии и мнения владельцев, and I will help you. The more details you describe-what happened to you, under what circumstances and what followed before-the more likely you will learn the key to your Wi-Fi network.

There is another effective way-just change the password from Wi-Fi on your router. On this occasion, my colleague wrote in this article. Everything is clear there and in a fairly simple language.

Through the console

Sometimes it may be needed by competent system administrators. This is done so.

We find out the name of the profile

Netsh Wlan Show Profiles

We take out the password

And then we will find out the password from our preserved profile:

Netsh Wlan Show Profiles Name = Name-network Key = Clear

Using a phone or tablet for Android

Yes, as you understand, and so you can do. over, usually everything remains on the phone. in the sense that you can remember what phones of your friends or relatives are connected to the network and ask them to restore the password.

Applications

For example, right now in Play Market are available:

There are many programs. just look. But remember that they are looking for a previously saved password from you if your smartphone automatically connects to the selected network. Neighboring Wi-Fi will remain inviolable-there is no magic here.

Pay attention to the PSK field. this is the key. In the following method, we will get it directly.

Directly through the file

File location-/DATA/MISC/Wi-Fi/WPA_SUPPLICANT.Conf

We open and see the same fields there as in the previous program.

Attention! Need root access, without it the Data folder may simply not be displayed. Ruta installation programs are also on the Plaimarket. Or contact specialized forums.

When there is a connection to Wi-Fi

Most likely, even if you have lost the access code, at least one computer or laptop is still connected to the Internet router. In this case, you can find out the Wi-Fi password on the computer using system settings:

• Open Windows Parameters by clicking on the “gear” in the “Start” menu.
• Click the heading “Network and the Internet”.
• On the “Status” tab (you switch to it by default), find, in the right panel, the “Adapter Settings” button.
• In the new window, click on the “Properties of the Wireless Network” button. When the next window opens, you can see the Wi-Fi network password by switching to the Safety tab.

Please note: after reinstalling Windows, certain data, including access to Wi-Fi, are erased from memory and will not work anymore.

When the connection was installed earlier

And in this case, you can find data through the instrument built into the OS. command line. Let’s show where you need to press. and where to see the password from Vifay.

Call the utility. To do this, enter CMD in a system search.

Enter the Netsh Wlan Show Profiles command in the first line. After that, past connections will be displayed in the window. Find you are interested in. and apply the Netsh Wlan Show Profile Name = Clear Netsh Wlan Show Profile Name. Instead of the “name” variable, you need to set the name Wi-Fi-as it is given in the previously obtained list. In the column “Key Content” you will find the access code to the home network.

How to find a password from your Wi-Fi on a router

If no device has a saved password (for example, reinstalled Windows), then you can go to the router settings panel and find a password there. First of all, you need to connect the router with a wired connection, for this you will need a cable that should be included with a router.

In the simplest case, you need to score in the address bar of the browser IP address:

details in the article on the link above.

When you find yourself in the router control panel, find the section on the wireless network, it is called “Wireless” or “WLAN” and can be in different places, depending on the manufacturer of the device. For example, on TP-Link routers you need to go to Wireless. Wireless Security ”(safety settings or wireless protection).

Wi-Fi password is located in the PSK Password field or another field with the words “Key, Password or Password”. Sometimes you need to remove or put a box next to this field to display characters.

Life hack: If there is access to the network from the phone, but there is no Wi-Fi on the computer, then you can go into the router settings through the phone browser.

We take out a password on an Android mobile phone

With smartphones and tablets based on Android, more complicated, because the password can only be found out if there are Root rights. The installation of Root rights is individual for different devices. You can look for instructions on your phone or tablet on the Internet.

When the Root rights will be established (maybe you already have them), install the application:

Launch the application, miss the advertisement and go to the Scanned Wi-Fi tab. At the very top will be your Wi-Fi connection to see the password press the “Show PWD” button.

As an option, if there is no way to install the application, you can use any file manager to get to the file along the path “Internal memory:/DATA/MISC/Wi-Fi/”. In the file “WPA_SUPPLICANT.Conf “Find a line with the meaning” PSK “-this is the key to Wi-Fi.