How to Unlock Your WEP Key
Wireless routers and access points control WEP keys. Wired Equivalent Privacy is the original wireless encryption standard to protect wireless networks from eavesdropping. Unfortunately, WEP is considered extremely insecure by today's standards and should not be used for wireless encryption, as it is easily broken. Instead, wireless networks, as of the date of publication should, use wireless encryption based on the WPAv2 standard. You can unlock your WEP key to reveal, disable or change it through your router's configuration settings.
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Instructions
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Connect an Ethernet cable between one of the router's LAN ports, or the access point's Ethernet port, and the Ethernet port on a computer. This step is needed only if you are not already connected to the network wirelessly.
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Open a Web browser, and then type the router or AP's IP address into the address bar. Press "Enter." Common addresses are "192.168.0.1," "192.168.1.1," "192.168.1.254" and "192.168.2.1."
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Enter the router or AP's user name and password, if required. Many devices allow full access by default with no password.
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Click to navigate to the wireless security settings to view the WEP key. Some routers and APs place this under a general "wireless" category, while others have a separate "wireless security" section. From this page, you can change the WEP key, disable wireless encryption, or change the encryption method. The encryption methods available depend on the model router or AP, since older devices may not support WPAv2 encryption.
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Tips & Warnings
If you find yourself stuck and SpoonWep will not count IV's, make sure the slider for the channel is set on the correct channel that the connection is broadcasting.
Most of the time, if you do get stuck, its a mistake made on your part. And usually its something simple... like the channel set wrong, as I just mentioned.
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