Resetting Airport extreme password.
How do I reset my Airport extreme password?
Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
How do I reset my Airport extreme password?
Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Use AirPort Utility - it's in your Mac Pro's Utilities folder.
There are two passwords. One is for the device itself, and the other is your wireless network password. They are not necessarily the same.
If you want to determine your wireless network password, you can use the following procedure:
Your wireless network password is stored in your Mac's Keychain.
You must first have an Administrator account on a Mac that you use with that AirPort Base Station, one that is used to connect to your AirPort network.
On that Mac, open the Utilities folder. Find Keychain Access and launch it.
In the search field at the upper right, type Airport. All the Keychain entries for your base station will appear there, as well as other entries.
Look at the column "Kind". The entry you want to select will be labeled "AirPort network password" (not "AirPort base station password" or anything else).
If you are trying to recover the AirPort Base Station password then the entry you want to select will be labeled "AirPort base station password" not "AirPort network password".
Double-click that, and in the window that appears check the box for "Show password".
You will get the following window:
In the Password field type your Mac's Administrator password - the same one you used to log in to that Mac.
Then, click Allow, and your wireless network password will appear in the "Show password" field:
Make note of it.
Close the window, then quit Keychain Access.
Use AirPort Utility - it's in your Mac Pro's Utilities folder.
There are two passwords. One is for the device itself, and the other is your wireless network password. They are not necessarily the same.
If you want to determine your wireless network password, you can use the following procedure:
Your wireless network password is stored in your Mac's Keychain.
You must first have an Administrator account on a Mac that you use with that AirPort Base Station, one that is used to connect to your AirPort network.
On that Mac, open the Utilities folder. Find Keychain Access and launch it.
In the search field at the upper right, type Airport. All the Keychain entries for your base station will appear there, as well as other entries.
Look at the column "Kind". The entry you want to select will be labeled "AirPort network password" (not "AirPort base station password" or anything else).
If you are trying to recover the AirPort Base Station password then the entry you want to select will be labeled "AirPort base station password" not "AirPort network password".
Double-click that, and in the window that appears check the box for "Show password".
You will get the following window:
In the Password field type your Mac's Administrator password - the same one you used to log in to that Mac.
Then, click Allow, and your wireless network password will appear in the "Show password" field:
Make note of it.
Close the window, then quit Keychain Access.
Thank you for answering my question. You were great!
This was very helpful. I was looking for this answer. Also when I changed my wireless router to the airport capsule it changed my wifi network name. Can I rename it what it was?
Best to start a new post for your question, since this discussion is about finding a password.....and you are asking how to change the name of the wireless network. Include information about what operating system you are running on your Mac or PC when you post your question.
Resetting Airport extreme password.