Fk Show Wifi Password

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Ihave an AX setup that replaced an Orbi Pro setup. On the immediately prior AX setup, at least once a day the wifi would just disappear for everything (multiple devices showed no wifi). If I tried to reconnect, I was told my wifi password was incorrect. Only solution was a reboot, at which time everything would reconnect with no intervention. All of this was on the immediately preceeding firmware to the current release. After some troubleshooting, Netgear decided to replace the router (not the satellite). With the new router, I had several days of great connection (all on the new firmware btw), but then a similar problem started happening. First I would get slow downs during the day, then random streaming devices couldn't connect, then finally everything was kicked off and if I tried to reconnect, I was told (again on multiple devices) that the wifi password was incorrect. The difference was that now my devices show an active wifi connection (5 bars) but I don't actually connect. Again, only solution is a reboot. I had no problem with exactly the same clients on the Pro. The satellite is connected via wired backhaul. Any thoughts on what could be going on?

You might try temporarily changing the SSID name and PW to something different. Something fairly simple on both. Be sure to use the "forget this network" feature on phones and pads. Clear out old wifi profiles on other devices. Then connect up with the new info. See if the problem re-appears again.

What is the distance between the router and satellite(s)? 30 feet is recommended in between RBR and RBS to begin with depending upon building materials when wirelessly connected. -far-should-I-place-my-Orbi-satellite-from-my-Orbi-router

20/40 cooexistence is off. 1pv6 is off. It has been set up from scratch since the latest firmware. Every client is the same versus the Pro setup (no new clients). Firmware is the latest one. Same problem as the next to last version except it shows a connection that won't connect vs not showing a connection at all and not allowing a connection. Still using the same security (WPA2), have manually set channels to various. On wired backhaul so distance isn't an issue. I have forgotten the network on multiple devices. Nothing changes. Increasing instability during the course of a day until all devices loose connection.

Sounds like the system could be faulty. If you have done resets and configured different things and it won't work well, I would make contact with NG support and ask for additional help and information and also ask about an RMA.

It is odd. There are very few configuration options in the AX compared to the Pro, and what there are are the same as they were configured in the Pro. And nothing changed in the clients that would cause this (there was literally a 10 minute break between connecting to the Pro and connecting with the AX, and it affects all devices not just some. The newest firmware did seem to affect the amount of time the AX would remain stable (in a positive manner), but everything eventually still goes to hell within a day. With the unit I RMA'd, I actually had to leave it for several weeks while travelling and put the router on a timer that would reboot it every day. That helped 90% of the time (sometimes everything would crap out before the reboot). Can do the same here but don't want a kludge "fix" to what is obviously just an issue with the router.

Wired backhaul straight to the RBS. Connection to TPLink 16 port gigabit switch for all other wired devices. Have 65 clients mixed between 2.4 and 5ghz and wired. Directv, AppleTVs, Sonos, projectors, Nest Protects, cameras, hubs and doorbell, computers, printers, iPhone and iPads and printers and pool equipment and garage doors etc. Same mess as was connected without issues to the Pros.

Just last weekend the RBR in AP mode became unplug by accident over night. I plugged it back in thinking the system would all come back to ready, Ah no. Both RBS were online however the RBRs UI showed them as disconnected. I could not get them to show as connected until I removed 1 switch from the mix and and then wirelessly resync 1 RBS then wire connect it. Been good since then. Crazy experience.

The problem is that the (i) button doesn't open a separate area with the password anymore. It navigates to the same wifi info page as if you tap anywhere else on the row. I can't find any other view/area that has the password anymore.

My iPhone is on iOS 17.3. I can see my password by selecting Settings > WiFi then tapping the "i" to the right of that name. Your password will show up as a series of dots.

Tap those dots, and your password will appear. Please note: I am not on iOS 17. I am updated to 17.3. Please try updating your iPhone by selecting Settings > General > Software Update. Follow the prompts to update. Once done, try looking for the password using my steps again.

I've got to put a wifi password on my school laptops (all users are admin) but I don't want to the children see the password when you go edit conextions and edit de wifi like is see in the pictures. (I would like that you can't tick in the box N3, so only dots will be seen)

Even if you could hide it they, being admin, could always restore the settings, see the password and hide the setting again without you even knowing. What you want (hiding something from an admin) is never going to work.

The correct solution to your problem is to make those students users and elevate privileges to what you want them to do that requires then to even need admin privileges. Like installing software, updating etc. Here is an example using policyKit: How can I set the Software Center to install software for non-root users?

I set my own Wifi password and am admin for my computer. I need to add a user, but the password is not what I thought I set. With several Wifi users I want to see my Wifi password so I don't have to set up everyone all over. In the Network Properties box, the "Show characters" box is grayed out and there is no UAC shield shown. Can I run that control panel as admin? How?

HOWEVER SomeNick, It'd be nice to be able know how to do as you suggest, but I get the error that 'key' is not a valid parameter for netsh. Omitting the 'key=clear' yields a valid response, but the last line is only:

Googling to uSoft and reading up on netsh, I was able to run netsh and poked around with varying success in general trying some variations at the netsh prompt, but 'key' is still not a valid parameter/argument... even though uSoft's technet (wlanShowProfiles) says it should work...!?!?!? ...

Hi, I have this little confusion, I was not able to view the wifi password for this particular network on the menu of "i" but it can be viewed on other iphone. Im using iphone15pro the other phone is iphone14pro.. Do anybody experienced the same?

This clearly means they at least aren't hashing passwords. I have unique, randomly generated password for my wifi, so if their customer WiFi database is exposed, the risk to me is limited, but obviously the same is not true for most.

What surprises me here is not the fact that the passwords are displayed in plaintext, but that your ISP keeps a copy of your wifi password at all. This is not something they need to do in order to provide internet to you. It's the router that takes care of the wifi, so only the router needs to know the password.

So why have they chosen to do it this way? My guess is that it is as a convenience to their customer, allowing them to remind them of their wifi password in a simple way. Hashing the password would then defeat the whole purpose of storing it, since a hashed password can't be turned back into plaintext.

So, what to do? Don't expect to be able to change the policy of your ISP. At most, you can annoy someone in customer service. Instead, I would opt for using a strong and unique password. If that isn't good enough for you, you can buy your own wifi router to use, either as your only router if that works or as a second one connected to your gateway. (I am asumming here that they are automatically harvesting the passwords from the routers, and that you can not simply lie to them and give them a false password.)

Yes. Your local network should be as secure as you can reasonably make it. More importantly, your ISP should be responsible for the pipe between your local network (which is your responsibility, and includes access to your devices), and the Internet (which is more or less the Wild Wild West).

For all the other answers regarding "it's only a problem for people who are close to get it", once it gets leaked onto the Internet, all the people who are already close enough - and their bored teenage and preteen kids - will be able to find that wifi password.

Your question is based on incorrect founding assumptions. A web site should indeed use a password hashing algorithm if they are going to store passwords with which to authenticate their users; i.e. whatever their user logs in with.

In your case, the ISP is storing something your are NOT logging in to THEIR web site with; the question is not the manner in which they store it, the question is how you stop them from storing it entirely, since there is no need for them to have it at all.

Note that this is triply true for a wifi password - unlike good storage encryption passwords, where if you lose the password, you lose your data, if you lose your wifi password, you just reset it on the access point/router and your devices, which has the side benefit of rendering everyone else with it unable to get in anymore (if you do it right).

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