I lost my password to access my internet connection. What do I do now?

kick yourself for not writing the password down...

Good

contact with your isp or operator...

easy

Go beat off. And wait for the service provider to come fix it

reset your router and start all over again.

Go for recovery option like email or phone.

Put your recovery option like email or mobile number and access you new password.

Got a second computer? Check it's password.

Only user of wifi and don't have special settings? Just push the tiny reset pin-button and clear the password.

Own $40? Get another router.

You can also try wifi protected setup. You can try checking your smartphone and see if it is stored there. Lastly you can plug in a wire if your equipment supports it, and get the gateway info, and try to log in the HTML way.

For the moment, you can connect to your WiFi router with an ethernet cable, or if your router supports WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) you can connect wirelessly by first trying to connect from your computer, then immediately pressing the WPS button on your router. Also, I'm assuming you already checked but you should check your router and see if the password is labeled on it. If you never changed your WiFi password then you should be able to use the password on the router label to reconnect.

If none of these work or fit your current situation you can always access your router directly without needing a password, and change the password to your internet. Depending on your operating system, use the following step to get the IP of your router.

Windows

1. Find the search bar in the bottom left corner of the screen and open it.

2. Search "CMD" and a black terminal icon should appear with the words "CMD" or "Command Prompt"

3. Click the icon to open the application.

4. Type in "ipconfig/all"

5. Locate the IP following the words "Default Gateway . . . " and copy that IP.

Macintosh:

(Apologies for the lack of detail as I am less familiar with MacOS)

1. Locate your applications folder.

2. Within the folder, look for the black icon called "Terminal"

3. Open the terminal application and type "route get default | grep gateway"

4. Copy this address.

Once you have obtained the IP address for your wireless router, open some form of internet browser and type (or paste) the IP address you copied into the URL bar. NOTE: TYPE THIS INTO THE URL BAR, NOT THE SEARCH BAR. THE URL IS TYPICALLY FOUND AT THE VERY TOP OF AN INTERNET BROWSER.

This should bring you to the login page for your router, at which point you will most likely be prompted for a username and password. The typical login information on a router (Unless you or someone else changed it) is as follows.

Username: "admin"

Password: "password"

Before deciding that neither of these work and someone has hacked into your router and changes the password, try checking the sticker/ information booklet on your router for the login details, as the login details will typically appear on the sticker or in the book.

From here, every router is different depending on the brand of router you have. Just find the security settings in your router and change the password to your WiFi to something you can remember. Be careful not to change the password or username for logging onto the router unless you can remember that too.