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well i used http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html to get a WPA-PSK key and it was:
36f421547e29feb8c333c80215b541ba9e0a25cfd43da8d777b88b03e3a558c0
now how do i work out the passphrase?

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Originally posted by Jarrod
well i used http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wireless_key.html to get a WPA-PSK key and it was:
36f421547e29feb8c333c80215b541ba9e0a25cfd43da8d777b88b03e3a558c0
now how do i work out the passphrase?

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why? doesn't your router support it's own pass-phrase based WPA?

i want to connect to the network on my o2 don't i need a passphrase?
that was the hex key from a windows laptop

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Originally posted by Jarrod
i want to connect to the network on my o2 don't i need a passphrase?

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Yes to connect to your router if it has an encryption on, but what I'm saying is WPA encryption uses a passphrase, why not enter your routers setup and change the passphrase to something you can remember maybe Ja220D2008  or something

WPA is secure, the only way to access them is by random entries, so you can't decrypt it so to speak .

wait let me explain a bit more, i got a windows laptop ran wireless keyview and got the key in the first post, but now i want to connect my o2 to the network, i have no acces to the router and it already has the key defined i guess

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Originally posted by absorbation
WPA is secure, the only way to access them is by random entries, so you can't decrypt it so to speak (Smilie).

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And each vendor has different encryption algorithms and as such different hex keys even if the same password is used.

Just change the passphrase on your router, that is if it is your router you're trying to even connect to....

Or ask for the passphrase simple answer

it's a netgear router, but if i have access to a computer that connects to the network, can't i get it to reveal the passphrase to me?

No, its one-way encryption. IIRC with WPA..

anyone know of a way i can encrypt words with wpa and check the keys???
that is of course if john t is correct, not that i have the wpa key don't all i need to do is crack it the same way a windows password cracker works, by reencrypting then comparing the two encrypted products?

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