I'm trying to recover the network password for my Time Capsule so that I can connect another device (a PC) to it. I have my Macbook pro set to connect automatically and the password is hidden. How can I find out what it is.
My issue is that I'm trying to connect a PC to my wireless network run off of a Time capsule/airport router. My macbook pro connects fine but the network password is hidden and set to autoconnect. I thought I wrote the password down but when I try to connect the PC laptop and type in the timecapsule network PW is doesn't work. Trying to verify if the passwird I wrote down is correct but there doesn't seem to be a way to recover this.
Does anyone out there in the community know how to do this? (or do I just have to do a reset on the time capsule
Reset the TC.
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