I am attempting to connect my TV to my airport extreme network, and am being asked for a wpa key. No explanation is found of just what that is. Please help.
Thanks,
Fred
Mac Book Pro & Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.4)
WPA key is a loose term that could mean your wireless network "password", or it may be the actual "key" for your wireless network...a long, complex code consisting of letters and numbers.
I'm sure that you know your wireless network "password".
To find out more about your "key".....
Open Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities > AirPort Utility
Click Manual Setup
Shift the focus of your eyes away from the window in the center of the screen and move them to the very top edge of your computer screen to the menu bar.
Locate the Base Station menu, then click Equivalent Network Password
Your "key" will be revealed to you. That may be the info the that the TV needs, but no guarantees, of course.
Please, let's try again as I detailed above.....
Open AirPort Utility
Click on the AirPort Utility menu in the upper left corner of the screen
Click About AirPort Utility
Post back with the version number that you see there
Open Up 6.3.1
Click on your Apple router
Click Edit in the small box that appears
Click the Base Station menu
Click Show Passwords
Unfortunately, you likely already know the wireless password and the long 64 character "key" is almost always of no use at all....but I suppose it is worth a try.
Bob
Thanks a bunch! That provided me with the information that I needed. Connection is made, and I am now downloading a software update to the blu-ray. FWIW, the key that I needed was not the airport password; it was the network password, which was buried where you said it would be.
Thanks again.
Fred
Wow....you are replying to a post that is almost 2 years old.
Things have likely changed. Which version of AirPort Utility do you have?
If you are not sure, open AirPort Utility, click on the AirPort Utility menu in the upper left corner of the screen, then click About AirPort Utility
Post back with the version number that you see there.
Those are the instructions I followed, but the "show passwords" command is grayed out and not clickable, even when I select the AirPort Extreme (the other options are black). And yes, I tried the wifi password already as well as all the numbers I found in the keychain (with little understanding of what they were). The only number I have not tried is the wifi
C86JJB39DM ##
I'll try that.
When all else fails....
Power off the entire network
Wait a few minutes
Start the modem first
Start the Apple router next
Keep starting devices one at a time until the network is back up
Try again.
If no luck, I cannot provide any further assistance.
Sorry, I wasn't clicking edit. I now see a ridiculously long alphanumeric WPA per-shared key. 74 characters. The irony is that if I key in one digit wrong, I have to clear all and start over.
Wish me luck!
Sorry, but I cannot duplicate the "grayed out" situation....as you can see on the screenshot.
Are you sure that you are clicking "Edit" first before you click on the Base Station menu?
You could also try Keychain Access.
Can you tell us where in KeyChain Access the network "key" (not the password) is located?
This worked until I clicked on BaseStation. "Show Passwords" is greyed out.
What can I say Bob - you still rule! My Airport is version 7.6.1.
6.3.1
That didn't work either. You may have closed out for the night. I'll check back later.
How can I determine the WPA key so I can connect my blu-ray player to my airport network?
