Recover WEP password

i have a wireless internet thing with WEP password. i enter in the password and got it correct. made the password be saved in the keychain and etc. is there a way to see what the password is? forgot the password and want to see if it will show up on my mac.

Yep,
Go to Utilities/Keychain Access, find your server in the list and double click on it.

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    i just had a new hard drive installed. After loading everything back on my computer from external drive, i came to the "select wireless network screen. I've misplaced the WEP password for my internet. Is there anyway to find it on another computer?

    Maybe. What kind of other computer are you talking about? What operating system is it running? What kind of wireless router are you using?
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    Just so you know, WEP is a very old security system for wireless and is considered insecure. If you have it available, use WPA2.

  • In lion how to change wep password

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    O.K. So I am not a network wonk but hear me out. I am using an SMC wireless router which works fine and I have it connected to my G4 Cube for the past 3 years via ethernet. I also have a G3 Pismo and G4 Titanium powerbooks with airport cards that see the router just fine anywhere in the house. So I got an Intel iMac and it sees the airport network fine EXcept it will not recognize the WEP password (hex numbers 10 to be exact) as valid. If I go into the routers browser and disable the WEP than the iMac hooks up fine. Problem is I need to protect the network from my neighbors. Any ideas what is up here.. Thanks

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