Can you override an assigned network key?

Question

We had someone setup a wireless home network, and the person wrote the network key down wrong (or it just doesn't work) and he is nowhere to be found. We now need to add another computer to the network - but can't because we don't have the right network key/password. Is there a way to override it, or could we somehow delete the home network and start a new one? We need to access the internet from this new computer, but we can't get it added to the network. If we deleted the network, at least we could access the net. We have Window XP media center on the host computer.

Answer 1

You can totally reset the router back to its default factory settings and start from the ground up. The procedure will differ depending on the router that you have so you'll need to find the support page on the Internet or open up the original manual.

Now, if some of your computers is already connected online, then you already have access to the router. Hopefully you wrote down the admin password for it. You can log into the router itself and reset your network key as well.

Answer 2

Hi

There is no way you can override the key's, what you can do is login in to the computer using the hardwire change the keys and then then start sharing the internet. Wireless Keys does not have any impact on hard connections...

Thanks
Bharani Ramasamy

Answer 3

on the router or hub whatever you have, there is a little reset button that will reset it back to factory defalt, no security and the default username and password are usully admin admin...good luck