Ok, so I switched to the Ubuntu operating system on my laptop while I was at school this past quarter. I got home today and discovered that for whatever reason, when I try and connect to my wireless connection at home (through the router), Ubuntu gives me a password prompt. When I had Vista it was just able to connect right to the network without any passwords. I do remember, though, that when I friend set up our router, he gave the network a name ('wilco') and a password (that I don't remember) that I would probably need to use when I connect with my laptop the first time. I can't remember if this was the case or not, but I know there was password involved somehow, and I'm positive that's what I need to log on with Ubuntu.

So, since I can't remember it, I need to somehow retrieve it I guess, right? I suppose I could just completely re-set up the router, but that would be a pain in the ass. I imagine there's some way I could access the router on the home computer and retrieve the password? Maybe? Anyone know how?

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 827AA2F6ZO

well, for whatever reason the admin thing didn't work, and the program they suggested didn't find any passwords on my computer. I think this may be because the router was set up using a different computer than this one (my mom did it at work). So it's looking like I'll just have to re-do everything, then.