# Gaining access to place of work's wireless access point.
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [January 12, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714 "2012-01-12T12:56:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@budsdubbin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/budsdubbin)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/1 "2012-01-12T12:56:07Z")
I’m attempting to connect to the network through my laptop and its asking me for the SSID number but there are too many routers to choose from is there another way to gain access?
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### Author:  [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/2 "2012-01-12T14:11:29Z")
You need to know SSID and any credentials/passphrase to login. No way around it realistically.
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### Author:  [@budsdubbin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/budsdubbin)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/3 "2012-01-12T14:16:29Z")
Yeah I used the 192.168.0.1 address to try and find the SSID number because we have way to many routers here to find the right SSID to connect to. It then sent me to a log-in for which I didn’t have the password for. FML
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/4 "2012-01-12T14:18:27Z")
I read what you wrote several times and it make no sense.
I’m also not sure how your using an SSID to find an IP address
If you work somewhere and your trying to get on their wireless look for the access point/router with the highest signal strength normally indicating its the closest one to you.
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### Author:  [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/5 "2012-01-12T14:21:00Z")
> [@budsdubbin](#):
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> Yeah I used the 192.168.0.1 address to try and find the SSID number because we have way to many routers here to find the right SSID to connect to. It then sent me to a log-in for which I didn’t have the password for. FML
Is it a company or just a small biz? That IP (192.168) won’t be owned by a business, it’s a private address.
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> [@LZ](#):
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> I read what you wrote several times and it make no sense.
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> I’m also not sure how your using an SSID to find an IP address
He’s trying to use the IP to login to router and find the SSID it sounds like. Not sure why asking someone already on the network isn’t an option?
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### Author:  [@budsdubbin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/budsdubbin)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/6 "2012-01-12T14:49:53Z")
I’m a tech at pepboys and I’ve been trying to link my laptop with the network. I obtained the address from my snap on scan tools IP description under internet options. As for getting the SSID from another person on the network… I guess thats out of the question because there isn’t anyone else connected to the network. I figured I could find out all the info I need to get hooked in though the snapon scanner but I’m not too sure how to get that info.
I know that you usually need the SSID number on the router but I cannot find the right router seeing as though we have alot of them hidden around the shop.
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### Author:  [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/7 "2012-01-12T14:52:32Z")
It should be the one with the strongest signal. Typically with multiple access points they all have the same SSID. If they are business end APs like Cisco ones or something, they’re probably attached to a controller that you likely don’t have access to.
Did you ask your helpdesk? Can you connect to any of the advertised SSIDs? Are you sure the SSID is being broadcasted? Are any of them password protected? If you can connect are the APs on the same subnet? Do you have proxy settings checked in IE (System).
If they are using Verizon or Time Warner, then it the router should have an internal address (like 192.x.x.x) and then a public facing address (like 68.X.X.X). If whoever set it up was smart they probably wouldn’t leave the defaults to log into the router.
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I think you’re confusing WEP/WPA with SSID. SSID is usually an indication of location (i.e. PepBoyWifi) instead of something hexadecimal.
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### Author:  [@budsdubbin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/budsdubbin)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/8 "2012-01-12T14:57:09Z")
Well theres only one signal and everytime I try and connect it asks me for the SSID number.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/9 "2012-01-12T14:58:56Z")
If your connecting to the something then that is the SSID
What its asking you for is a WEP/WPA/WPA2 key
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### Author:  [@Haenszel](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Haenszel)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/10 "2012-01-12T14:59:00Z")
My brain hurts.
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### Author:  [@ILLRACEU](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILLRACEU)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 4:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/11 "2012-01-12T16:26:40Z")
Don’t download your porn at work. Problem fixed.
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### Author:  [@budsdubbin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/budsdubbin)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/12 "2012-01-12T16:44:51Z")
> [@LZ](#):
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> If your connecting to the something then that is the SSID
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> What its asking you for is a WEP/WPA/WPA2 key
What I thought at first since that there was a wireless signal named as “other network” ment that there was a wireless signal but it didn’t have an address or SSID because it kept asking me for one. So I figured I had to find the location and that was the trick to getting on the network but I guess not. Thanks for the help guys.
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### Author:  [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/13 "2012-01-13T06:05:32Z")
Post screenshots of what you’re trying to do
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### Author:  [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/14 "2012-01-13T06:11:19Z")
If your work wanted you accessing their network with your virus filled laptop they would give you the connection password.
/thread
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/15 "2012-01-13T06:16:26Z")
> [@TradersBASE](#):
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> He’s trying to use the IP to login to router and find the SSID it sounds like. Not sure why asking someone already on the network isn’t an option?
Wut?
> [@budsdubbin](#):
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> What I thought at first since that there was a wireless signal named as “other network” ment that there was a wireless signal but it didn’t have an address or SSID because it kept asking me for one. So I figured I had to find the location and that was the trick to getting on the network but I guess not. Thanks for the help guys.
God I would have loved to sit there for hours watching you attempt that.
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/16 "2012-01-13T06:18:07Z")
Put if this way if you had half a clue what your trying to do…
I could probably talk you through getting around WEP/WPA/WPA2/MAC Filtering/Hidden SSID/WPS
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/17 "2012-01-13T06:24:39Z")
I am shocked some people manage to create an account on a forum.
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### Author:  [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/18 "2012-01-13T06:27:46Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
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> Wut?
HUH?
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### Author:  [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/19 "2012-01-13T07:16:00Z")
Just trying to rationalize your attempt to rationalize his thought process. Haha.
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### Author:  [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)
#### Post date: [January 13, 2012, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gaining-access-to-place-of-works-wireless-access-point/219714/20 "2012-01-13T07:29:54Z")
> [@boxxa](#):
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> Just trying to rationalize your attempt to rationalize his thought process. Haha.
LMAO. I can see where he was going with that…how he thought he’d get in though is beyond me. I do end user support these days…I have to rationalize ALOT of the time. haha