Where is my network key hidden?

I have a wireless network setup in my home. The router is a D-Link 802.11g router. I have WPA encryption enabled. The problem is that I have "misplaced" the manual in which I wrote down my network key. I am able to get on the network about 50% of the time on bootup. If I do not get on at the initial bootup, 2 or 3 reboots usually gets me on the network. Internet connect, diagnostics, etc DOES NOT show my network key anywhere in my keychain. I would like to display my key so that I can be sure that it is in the keychain and also so that I can put it in a secure file if I need it for any of the 6 other computers in the house. Where do I find the key in my MacBook Pro (it is obviously present somewhere as I eventually get on my network). Thanks.

I thought keychain was just about PWs that were necessarily contained in the PC but I try to ignore Keychain. I think keeping PWs in my head is the safest. Even I can't access them sometimes.
I did find however that a 62 character WPA passphrase was available to me in clear text. If your router/Access Point, has a button in the admin page to back up settings then do that. I then searched for that file and opened it using Textwrangler. You would probably find that the file created by the settings backup routine on the AP will not have a default app assigned to it. Dont ASSIGN Textwrangler. Open that app and then select the settings config bkp as the file to be opened by it.
Textwrangler has a good search facility so look under 'passphrase' or whatever your connection device uses as a generic term for the passphrase. It will then find your long lost buddy with a neat line number reference.
Textwrangler is free from Barebones it is a lot more than a word processor so be carefull what you do with the file in it. Do not edit it. Do not save it. That way the router/AP 'restore settings' routine can continue to use it. That is also why you should not set Textwrangler as its default app.
Of course your router/AP may write it's bkp file in some strange format that only it can read. I doubt it.

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plugged into the Router.If yes, Open a new Internet Explorer
Page, and in the address bar, type http://192.168.1.1, press
return, And when asked for Username and Password,
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Then Click the Sub Tab in the Blue Line ' Wireless Security '
just below the Wireless Tab,
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[ can contain 0-9, A-F ] in WEP Key 1 Field alone,
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I tried to install a wireless laser printer to my wrt54g router and somehow my network just disappeared. The router still works, but the available network just shows up as "linksys". I'm online with it now...
I don't mind having to create a new network, but I'm having trouble doing that.
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Please follow these steps to configure the wireless settings on the Router and make sure you do it on the Computer which is hard wired to the Router.
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1 and press Enter...
Leave username blank & in password use admin in lower case...
For Wireless Settings, please do the following : -
Click on the Wireless tab
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- Provide a unique name in the Wireless Network Name (SSID) box in order to differentiate your network from your neighbours network...
- Set the Wireless channel to 11-2.462GHz...Wireless SSID broadcast should be Enabled and then click on Save Settings...
Please make a note of Wireless Network Name (SSID) as this is the Network Identifier...
For Wireless Security : -
Click on the Sub tab under Wireless > Wireless Security...
Change the Wireless security mode to WEP, Encryption should be 64 bit.Leave the passphrase blank, don't type in anything...
Under WEP Key 1 type in any 10 numbers please(numbers only and no letters eg: your 10 digit phone number) and click on save settings...
Please make a note of WEP Key 1 as this is the Security Key for the Wireless Network...
To Connect to the Wireless network on the wireless Computers please follow these steps according to the Operating System.
Windows XP :
Click on Start and goto the Control Panel and double click on Network Connections, Right click on the Wireless Network Connection and click on View Available Wireless Networks and select your Wireless Network and click Connect...Now it will give you the opportunity to put the network/wep key, make sure you enter the correct network key and confirm it...It will connect...
Windows Vista :
Click Start >> Control Panel >> Network and Sharing Center >>Click on Connect to a Network and select your Wireless Network and click Connect, it should ask for your Network Key/Password, enter the correct password/network key and click Connect...It should connect...Once you are connected you should restart the computer, it should connect to Internet...

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