There are situations when you need to connect a device to your Wi-Fi router, but you do not remember the password. But this is not a problem, because there are several ways to recover your password.
Via Wireless Operations Center
This method is the easiest and most convenient. First, you need to go to the Control Panel and open the "Network and Sharing Center", then in the left sidebar, select "Manage wireless networks". There you find the name of your Wi-Fi router, right-click on it and select Properties. In this window, you must find the item "Security" and check the box "Display entered characters." That's all. The password can be seen in the line above.
If you did not find the item "Wireless Networks Control Center", then you need to click on "Connect" on the notification panel, after which a list of networks will open. If you failed to recover the password in this way, for example, because you cannot check the box or the hidden password is simply not displayed, then you need to try another method.
Option for advanced users
This method is more suitable for advanced computer users, as it is a little more complicated. In order to remember the Wi-Fi password, you need to connect to the router interface. To do this, you need to connect the router to the computer with a network cable. The cable is included with the router. Then open a browser and enter the network address of the router in the address bar. Typically, the address is either 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1. Then you need to enter your username and password in order to enter the system. Most often, the username is admin and the password is admin. Sometimes the password can be 1234. If you could not enter, then you need to read the instructions for the router, everything is described in detail there.
Once you have entered the interface, you need to find the section responsible for Wi-Fi security. It is usually called "Security" or "Wireless Security". The item security is in the section related to Wi-Fi. At this point, you need to check the box with the name "Show network key" or "Unmask". After that, the router will show you the key.
Password recovery through a special program
There is such a free program WirelessKeyView. It doesn't require installation. It must be downloaded and opened on behalf of the Administrator. The principle of its operation is that it shows all saved passwords in the system. Among these passwords will be the password for your router.
If none of the methods helped, then you need to do a complete reset of the router settings. Then you can set it up again and choose a new password. But keep in mind that after resetting the settings, you will not only have to re-enter the password, but also the parameters for connecting to the Internet, the name of the network.
