The short answer is no. Apple doesn’t support connecting their devices to routers using WPS because it’s not secure enough. WPS can be easily hacked nowadays. You need to set your router up with WPA2 security and assign a unique network name (SSID) and passphrase. I don’t recommend leaving your router set to the SSID & passphrase your Internet Service Provider (ISP) assigned to it (you know the one on the label on the outside if the box). Set the SSID(s) to a unique set of characters and set the passphrase to something long and random. Record that info somewhere - a password manager is best. Once you’ve connected your phone to that network, you’ll rarely ever have to do that again unless you do a hard reset on the phone or get a new phone. The improved security is well worth it.

it is possible connect to WIFI without knowing passwords very easily. Below I illustrate what are the fastest and most effective techniques to be able to put into practice in cases like this.

WPS technology:

One of the easiest methods to connect to WIFI without knowing the password involves the use of technology WPS. it is a standard designed to simplify connection to wireless networks, avoiding the entry of long and complicated passwords.

Simply put, via WPS you can connect a device to Internet, in Wi-Fi mode, simply by pressing a button (or by entering a PIN consisting of 8 digits).

However, for everything to be successful, it is essential that both the router to which it is connected and the devices to be connected are compatible with this technology. Now Windows and Android (versions prior to 9) support the use of WPS technology, while Android 9 and later, iOS, iPadOS and macOS do not.

How to activate WPS:

in the router locate a physical button WPS, which is usually located on the front of the device or on one of its lateral bodies.

Once you have identified the WPS key, press it, grab the device to connect to the internet, go to Wi-Fi network settings and select the name network to connect to. Then follow the instructions that best suit your operating system you are using.

• Windows - click on the network icon placed near the clock, then in the name of the Wifi network of interest and click on the button Connect. If everything went in the right direction, you should only see the password entry screen for a few moments, after which the connection will be established fully automatically and without the need for additional operations.
• Android - open the adjustments operating system by tapping the button gear located on the home screen or in the app drawer. Select the article Wi-Fi, touch the button (⋮) which is at the top right and then on the element advanced, which appears in the menu displayed on the screen. At this point, play the voice WPS command button and wait for the connection to the network of your interest to complete.

2:Share from mobile phone / tablet:

From Android For example, if this person has a smart phone Android, equipped with a particular variant of the operating system (eg ROM MIUI de Xiaomi ), you can send the password you are looking for through a QR Code.

To do it is very simple: you have to access adjustments operating system. Enter the section Wi-Fi and touches name of the network to which you are connected (in correspondence of which is the wording Tap to share the password ).

After a few moments, a should appear on the device screen QR Code A containing the searched network key. What you should do, at this time, is scan the QR code through your mobile phone or tablet, using one of the applications dedicated to the purpose, and read the password it contains.

If Android device does not have this functionality can resort to the use of WiFi Key Recovery, an application that can recover and display the passwords of all the networks saved on the device in clear text.

Therefore, after downloading and starting the application, it is necessary to grant it the necessary permissions to use superuser / SuperSU responding affirmatively to the warning message displayed on the screen. Once this is done, simply touch the network name of your interest, to retrieve the desired network key (visible in the newsroom PSK ).

From Apple If, on the other hand, both you and the another person have a device with the Apple brand and the latter is already connected to the Wi-Fi network whose password you are interested in, you can use the system continuity to share it. This Apple-owned technology allows you to share some data, including passwords for the wireless networks you're connected to, between devices equipped with iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.

For the exchange to be successful, some very specific conditions must be met.

• The device already connected to the Wi-Fi network must have on board iOS 11 or later o iPadOS.
• Your device, which can be a Mac, Another iPhone or an iPad, you must have one of the OS previously viewed, or macOS 10.12 or later.
• Both devices must be Bluetooth enabled and must "know" each other in some way. For example, they can be found in their respective contact lists.

If these conditions are met, do the following: Wi-Fi network password input screen on your device and ask your friend to come to the iPhone / iPad unlocked and to answer affirmatively to password sharing request message. If everything went well, after a few seconds your device should be able to connect to the internet.

3:Router recovery:

As an alternative to the methods seen above, you can try to retrieve the Wi-Fi password of the router through the router itself.

If you have access to the device, you can take a look at the sticky label usually stuck in the back of the device or in the back of the device. Generally, the default network key is specified there. If the legitimate owner of the router has never changed it, with any luck you can get the desired result.

If this method fails, you can try to retrieve the Wi-Fi network key directly from the router's admin panel. In this case, however, it is essential to have other device electronic already connected to the desired network, either a PC, in this case you can also take advantage of the connection Ethernet, a mobile phone or a tablet. If that's the case for you, follow the instructions below.

• Using a browser of your choice, from the device already connected to router, go to the administration panel of the device in question. To do so, type the address bar of your browser IP adress, which generally corresponds to 192.168.1.1, 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.254 and come on presentar. If the aforementioned addresses lead to an error message, follow the steps I provided in this guide to retrieve the exact address.
• When the router's administration panel is displayed, enter the Username and password in the appropriate fields If this information has never been changed, you can try logging in with admin / admin o admin / password (which are the most common predefined combinations). However, if this is your first access to the router, you may be offered a password setup procedure. If you're having trouble logging in with this information, check out my guide on how to view the modem password, to try to get past the hook.
• Once you are logged in, use the router's main menu (usually located at the top or on the left) to access the section related to Wi-Fi settings (o Wi-Fi or, again, Wireless network ) and the subsection on fullfilment of security requirements. If everything went in the right direction, the network key should reside within the dedicated field, usually called password o PSK.

Unfortunately, it is not possible for me to give you additional details on the steps to follow as I don't know the router model you are using and each device has a differently structured menu.

4:Guest mode:

The owner of the Wi-Fi network wants to allow you access to it, but doesn't he intend to share his network key with you for obvious security reasons? If so, you may be recommended to activate guest mode of the router.

This function allows you to create a second wireless network us name y different network keys from the original. In some cases, some specific restrictions may apply to guest networks, such as the ability to keep devices connected only for a specified period of time. Even limiting access to only some Internet protocols (for example, only web browsing). ), impose restrictions on the sites that can be visited, etc.

However, to activate guest network mode, you must access router admin panel. Go to the section dedicated to Wi-Fi y enable guest network intervening on the appropriate lever, or placing a check mark next to the dedicated article.

5:Wireless Attacks :

this is very advanced topic ,actually it find the wife password that you may want to connect, there are some popular wireless attack like:

password sniffing

brute force Attack

Dictionary Attack

and so on .

WPS uses a pre shared PIN to provide access. This PIN is 8 digit long and the total number of combination of passwords using these digits sum up to 100,000,000 combinations.

So, if you brute force 1 pin per second, it would take 1157 days in the worst possible case. Obviously this isn't a viable attack, but fortunately for us, there are some flaws in the WPS protocol that we can exploit to speed things up.

The 8th digit of the PIN isn't actually used as part of the PIN but is instead a checksum for the prior 7 digits. This reduces the possible combinations from 100,000,000 to 10,000,000. This instantly reduces the attack to 115.7 days to try all possible combinations or 57.8 days to try 50% based on a rate of 1 PIN per second.

Ok, so 58 days, that's not too bad. It's certainly faster than trying to crack a strong WPA PSK, but it's still not fast enough to be considered a viable attack vector. Fortunately there is another flaw in the WPS protocol that can be exploited to reduce these times even further.

When presenting the PIN number for verification it is actually sent in 2 halves, the first 4 digits and the last 4 digits. These separate halves are then verified independently. This presents a huge weakness in what would otherwise be a much stronger key as the effective key space has now been reduced considerably. The first half of the PIN only has 10,000 possible combinations and at our rate of 1 PIN per second would only take 2.7 hours to guess all possible combinations.

The second half of the PIN, due to the checksum value, only has 1,000 combinations and would take a meager 16 minutes to guess all possible combinations. To go from a total time of 4 months down to 3 hours to try all possible combinations shows how the WPS protocol does not take advantage of the security offered by an 8 digit PIN. This is one of the main reasons WPS presents a weak link in the chain of your WiFi security.

What is WPS :

WPS stands for WiFi Protected Setup. It's a wireless network security feature present in almost all routers.

What does it do :

WPS makes the client’s(mobile, laptops,etc) connections easier and faster with your WiFi network.

WPS types and it's working:

Two types of WPS supported features are present in routers.

1. WPS button: Many (Home/Domestic) Routers comes with WPS button. Here how it works. After selecting the network name generally user has to enter the configured/default password,which consumes more time and efforts. Instead of that press the WPS button on your router(it discovers the client's and sends a PIN to client for secure connection). From client side you have to just select the network you wanted to connect. Then client is automatically connects to your network.
2. WPS PIN: In some routers WPS button is Not present and WPS feature support is given. In that case, there will be a eight digit PIN in WPS configuration page of your router that cannot be modified by user. From client side, you have to scan and select your network and then type the eight digit WPS PIN manually.

Very difficult but we have a number of old attacks that will eventually work. Mostly man-in-middle attacks to steal the hash, etc. it's going to take a couple of hours to a few weeks to get lucky catching a computer logging into a wifi router. Last time I did this, it was an overnight affair. Other times I have been left waiting for a week or more.

Post cracking. Usually not much to see. Email streams, browsing behaviors with the worst traffic being gamers. Endless video and audio chatter, maybe some log and location data — boring. Not much to really see if your spamming the traffic. Suppose I might catch someone doing on line banking but then I'd have to crack yet another hash for access. Otherwise in the early days of WiFi there was little to attract anyone's real attention unless I was camping a creep who was using public WiFi for shitty porn.

Can you do much without getting into an osite computer? Another set of attacks, another set of headaches. New crimes, more evidence to erase etc. Gaining entry is difficult enough, keeping access can be miserable. In other words unless you just looking to be a jerk, there is little gain to breaking consumer grade WiFi

Corporate WiFi is prettyuch the same but with a slightly greater range for the same paltry benefits. Not much to accomplish but still bad PR for management and firings in the IT and 'cyber’ departments.

Use WPS for wireless function

1. Method one: Use the WPS button

Wireless devices that support WPS, including Android phones, tablets, and most USB network cards, can be connected to your router through this method.

Note: WPS is not supported by iOS devices. The WPS function cannot be configured if the wireless function of the router is disabled. Also, the WPS function will be disabled if your wireless encryption is WEP. Please make sure the wireless function is enabled and is configured with the appropriate encryption before configuring the WPS.

1).Tab the WPS icon on the device’s screen. Here we take an Android phone for instance.

2). Within two minutes, press the WPS button for 1s on your router.

Note: If TP-Link router enters the pairing status, the WPS light would be blinking. Besides, be careful when you press WPS button, if you press it for more than 5s, the wireless function of TP-Link device would be disabled.

2. Method two: Use PIN (Personal Identification Number) numbers

1). Login the web interface of TP-Link router.

2). Go to Advanced > Wireless > WPS > Router’s PIN.

Router’s PIN is enabled by default to allow wireless devices to connect to the router using the PIN. You can use the default one or generate a new one.

Note: PIN (Personal Identification Number) is an eight-character identification number preset to each router. WPS supported devices can connect to your router with the PIN. The default PIN is printed on the label of the router.

3. Method three: Use the WPS Wizard

1). Select a setup method:

Push Button (Recommended): Click Connect on the screen. Within two minutes, press the WPS button on the client device.

PIN: Enter the client’s PIN, and click Connect.

2). Success will appear on the above screen and the WPS LED on the router will keep on for five minutes if the client has been successfully added to the network.

Enable/Disable WPS function

If you want to enable/disable the WPS feature, go to System Tools > System Parameters > WPS, tick or untick the Enable WPS checkbox.

TP-Link India - WiFi Networking Equipment for Home & Business

WPS stands for Wi-Fi Protected Setup. It allows you connect to your wireless router faster and easier.

WPS only works on wireless devices that support WPA Personal or WPA2 Personal. It doesn't work on devices that use WEP.

Typically, if you want to connect a device to a wireless network, you must know the network name (or also known as SSID) and the password (except it's an unsecured Wi-Fi network). However, you don't need to enter any password if use WPS button.

1. To connect a device, such as your laptop, or smartphone, to a wireless network with the WPS feature, press WPS button on your router.
2. Go to your laptop or smartphone, select & connect to your wireless network name.
3. Your device will automatically be connected to the wireless network, without asking you provide any security password. This method works for all devices, including wireless range extenders, or wireless printers. It helps you make a quick connection between your Wi-Fi router and your device.

Connect iPad to a Wi-Fi network

1. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi, then turn on Wi-Fi.
2. Tap one of the following:A network: Enter the password, if required.Other: Joins a hidden network. Enter the name of the hidden network, security type, and password.

If

appears at the top of the screen, iPad is connected to a Wi-Fi network. (To verify this, open Safari to view a webpage.) iPad reconnects when you return to the same location.

Join a Personal Hotspot

If an iPhone or an iPad (Wi-Fi + cellular) is sharing a Personal Hotspot, you can use its cellular Internet connection.

Go to Settings

> Wi-Fi, then choose the name of the device sharing the Personal Hotspot.

If asked for a password on your iPad, enter the password shown in Settings

> Cellular > Personal Hotspot on the device sharing the Personal Hotspot.

Connect iPad to a cellular network (Wi-Fi + Cellular models)

Your iPad automatically connects to your carrierʼs cellular data network if a Wi-Fi network isnʼt available. If iPad doesn’t connect, check the following:

1. Verify that your SIM is activated and unlocked.
2. Go to Settings > Cellular Data.
3. Verify that Cellular Data is turned on.

When you need an Internet connection, iPad does the following, in order, until the connection is made:

• Tries to connect to the most recently used available Wi-Fi network
• Shows a list of Wi-Fi networks in range and connects to the one you choose
• Connects to your carrier’s cellular data network (Wi-Fi + Cellular models)

Q: Will my router password be the same as my WiFi password to connect to that router?

Routers can have multiple passwords:

1. The password needed to access the router’s settings. This password is needed to view or change any other passwords in the router.
2. A password or pass phrase for each different WiFi network that the router provides. Routers often provide two WiFi networks (one on 2.4 GHz and one on 5 GHz); however, some may offer multiple networks on each band and may use other less common bands. Each one can have its own network name (SSID) and password.
3. Login credentials necessary to identify the router to the ISP to validate the connection to the Internet service. These credentials may include a user name and a password. These may be specified by your ISP, and you have to use the settings the ISP provides.

The first two will be set to a default when the router is made. In the early days of home routers, the default was often the same for all routers of a particular model, but nowadays each router has its own unique factory setting. When the router is factory reset, the defaults are restored.

There are some restrictions on what passwords can be configured. The common restrictions apply to WiFi where a WEP password may be either 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters long, while WPA and WPA2 use either a plain character string of 8 to 63 characters or a hexadecimal character string of 64 characters. The other passwords may also impose their own restrictions on what is valid.

Some people stick with the factory defaults for the first two password sets listed above, and although they can be set to the same value, the defaults normally use a different password for accessing the router’s configuration settings from those needed for WiFi. Factory defaults for WiFi passwords when a router has offers more than one WiFi network is to have them all the same.

Personally, I change the configuration and WiFi passwords to my own settings, and where there are multiple WiFi networks, I give them each a unique name (SSID) and a unique password.

I did this in Android phones only:

1. Goto Setting and select Wi-Fi. If there’s a text that says “Tap to share password” below your active connection, then you’re set. Some devices won’t have this option (I’ve failed to get Wi-Fi password from a tablet, so it depends on the OS)
2. When you choose to share password, your phone will display a QR code to be scanned by another device(s) in order to be able to join the same Wi-Fi network as your phone. So your other device(s) must have a QR Scanner application, scan the code and joining the same Wi-Fi network. Mission accomplished. So QR Scanner is a must.
3. But what if the other device(s) don’t have a QR Scanner, and you can’t download it because it don’t have internet connection? You can screenshot your QR code, download a QR Scanner in your phone with active internet connection if you haven’t already had, and choose to decode from an image instead of scanning it. Choose your screenshot image with QR code, and the result would be your SSID (network name) and your password in asterisks… Just tap the asterisks, and it will show the real password.

WPS technology invented to connect 2 device without configuring anything just push and connect. but now days this is dangerous for use anyone can hack wps enabled devices using free android app. that hacking activity can be done by any android phone.

in my opinion you should not use this disable WPS ASAP into your Router.

Here is the Android App that can hack WPS Enabled Devices in few minutes:

WIFI WPS WPA TESTER - Apps on Google Play

With this app, you can try the connection to an Wi-Fi Access Point via WPS PIN.
PINs are calculated with several algorithms throught MAC Address and there are others PINs included in a local database for many Access Point.

Luckily just a small part of Wireless Access Point are vulnerable to WPS protocol.

If you will find out that your Access Point has WPS protocol enabled, we suggest to disable it.
The purpose of the app is educational to let the customers know about vulnerability of their own Access Point.

There are many connection mode with this app and you can try the bruteforce mode either.

App also discovers if an Access Point with WPS enabled is invulnerable (WPS LOCKED).

App allows users with root permissions to see Wi-Fi passwords saved.

Some important Notes:

NOTE: you can test the PINs with this app and you can connect, but you cannot see the password without root permissions.

Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is a feature supplied with many routers. It is designed to make the process of connecting to a secure wireless network from a computer or other device easier.

There are three primary approaches to network setup within Wi-Fi Protected Setup: push-button, PIN entry, and Near Field Communication (NFC). PIN entry is mandatory in all Wi-Fi Protected Setup devices, while push-button and NFC are optional and may also be found in some devices.

Push-button configuration (PBC): In some Wi-Fi Protected Setup networks, the user may connect multiple devices to the network and enable data encryption by pushing a button. The access point/wireless router will have a physical button, and other devices may have a physical or software-based button. Users should be aware that during the two-minute setup period which follows the push of the button, unintended devices could join the network if they are in range.

PIN entry: In all Wi-Fi Protected Setup networks, a unique PIN (Personal Identification Number) will be required for each device to join the network. A fixed PIN label or sticker may be placed on a device, or a dynamic PIN can be generated and shown on the device's display (e.g., a TV screen or monitor). PIN is used to make sure the intended device is added to the network being set up and will help to avoid accidental or malicious attempts to add unintended devices to the network.

A registrar device (which could be an Access Point/wireless router, PC television, or other device) will detect when a new Wi-Fi device is in range, and prompt the user to enter the PIN, if he or she wishes to add the new device to the network. In this mode, Wi-Fi Protected Setup network encrypts data and authenticates each device on the network. The PIN entry method is supported in all devices.

Near Field Communication (NFC): A Near Field Communication interface can be used to transfer network settings to a new device without requiring manual entry of its PIN. The NFC method provides strong protection against adding an unintended device to the network. This is an optional method for Wi-Fi Protected Setup Access Points and devices.

How To Use WPS Button?

Typically, if you want to connect a laptop to a wireless network, you must know the network name also known as SSID and the password also known as network key. However, you don’t need to enter any password if use WPS button.

To connect a laptop to a wireless network with the WPS feature, press WPS button on your router.

Go to your laptop, select & connect to your wireless network name.

Your device will automatically be connected to the wireless network, without asking you provide any security password. This method works for all devices, including wireless range extenders, or wireless printers. It helps you make a quick connection between your Wi-Fi router and your device.

It is very difficult but not impossible to crack a WPA2 encryption key.

One common method is as follows:

This requires a local station on the wifi network capturing all WLAN frames in promiscuous mode - the attack station. The attack station also needs something like wireshark to decode the wifi traffic.

First the attack station captures enough frames to determine authenticated stations. Then it sends an AP deauth frame to one station. The station then performs a new authorization handshake with the AP to establish comms between the station and AP. This handshake contains a public key for the session. The attack station then tries a large number of pass phrases when encrypted to match the pub key. If a pass phrase is matched then the attack station can use it to associate with the AP and access LAN devices. This may take a long time or, if the pass phrase is simple (e.g. SSID=HOME, Phrase=HOM3-Pass), it may be compromised in a reasonable amount of tries.

Once the attack station is on the LAN there may or may not be any substantial info to be gained. Most traffic is inocuous. Important traffic will almost certainly be using HTTPS with another layer of encryption. The only useful information I can see being harvested is from a LAN fileserver containing unencrypted sensitive files.

But it is an interesting exercise to figure out *how* to compromise a WPA2 AP.