Can you memorize your wifi passkey or have you written it down and save for future use?. The fact that once a device connects to the wi-fi gateway and memorizes it's SSID and passkey, we tend to forget to do this. as we do not realise when we need it again, like when a house guest asks for an internet access or set up a new device. Here's a quick way of revealing this bypassing the need to log in using the router's ip address by using direct command lines.
Command lines are powerful "magical" words and terms that can make changes in your computer. They are straight to the point commands that can fix, reveal, execute a function or even destroy a computer. And they are useful as long as you know the command line, you do not need to click through the visual keys of windows functions or path to go to a particular function. Here's the few steps.
For windows 7 and earlier versions, click start, and at the search window type cmd. (1) At this point, do not be tempted to press the enter button yet. Wait until the search result comes up with cmd.exe. Right click cmd.exe and click run as administrator(2).
For windows 8 and above users, click the windows button + s to reveal the search window, type cmd, then click cmd run as administrator.
The console would pop up and at the prompt, type in the following:
For example, I have SKY4434E as my wi-fi SSID, I would then type(4)
netsh wlan show profile name=SKY4464E key=clear
Remember that the SSID name is case sensitive.
The wifi key is revealed as key content(5)..
Reveal Wi-Fi Key With Command Line
Command lines are powerful "magical" words and terms that can make changes in your computer. They are straight to the point commands that can fix, reveal, execute a function or even destroy a computer. And they are useful as long as you know the command line, you do not need to click through the visual keys of windows functions or path to go to a particular function. Here's the few steps.
- Activate command line.
For windows 7 and earlier versions, click start, and at the search window type cmd. (1) At this point, do not be tempted to press the enter button yet. Wait until the search result comes up with cmd.exe. Right click cmd.exe and click run as administrator(2).
For windows 8 and above users, click the windows button + s to reveal the search window, type cmd, then click cmd run as administrator.
- Type this at the command prompt.
The console would pop up and at the prompt, type in the following:
netsh wlan show profile name=type the name of your wifi SSID here key=clear
For example, I have SKY4434E as my wi-fi SSID, I would then type(4)
netsh wlan show profile name=SKY4464E key=clear
Remember that the SSID name is case sensitive.
The wifi key is revealed as key content(5)..
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