Reset router password --how??

[Pfs...@aol.com]

I've given up on trying to recover a router password. I know it's
stored in the registry but encripted.
You'd think the someone at MS might have at some time thought
that users might wnat to recover it and given a method to do so.
The do provide (via ControlPanel/Run/config a way to recover the
IP address but not the password!
But --- I give up.
It's been five years or so since I installed the router and I've
forgotten the process. I know how to reset the router and, as I
recall, I need to take my laptop to the router and connect via
ethernet cable to it --- then what? I've completely forgotten the
process.

[Auric__]

To reset it, there's usually a physical switch on the router that requires
you to hold it down for several seconds -- could be as short as 3, could be
as long as 10 or more. This is what I mentioned a couple weeks ago. After
it's reset, *then* you need to log in using the default password (which is
set by the manufacturer; often it's "password" or just blank).

--
I spend too much time thinking about old friends as it is.

[Grinder]

On 2/24/2013 9:03 AM, Auric__ wrote:

> To reset [the router], there's usually a physical switch on the router that requires

> you to hold it down for several seconds -- could be as short as 3, could be
> as long as 10 or more. This is what I mentioned a couple weeks ago. After
> it's reset, *then* you need to log in using the default password (which is
> set by the manufacturer; often it's "password" or just blank).

This site might be helpful for that last bit:

http://www.routerpasswords.com/

[VanguardLH]

Pfsszxt wrote:

> I've given up on trying to recover a router password. I know it's
> stored in the registry but encripted.

Nope. Stored in the router. You'll actually have to CONNECT to the
router to modify its configuration (after a reset *if* needed since,
after all, you claimed to have discarded the old one and bought a new
router a couple weeks ago).

> You'd think the someone at MS might have at some time thought that
> users might wnat to recover it and given a method to do so. The do
> provide (via ControlPanel/Run/config a way to recover the IP address
> but not the password!

It's not Microsoft's job to configure routers.

> But --- I give up.

Again? So are you going to buy a 2nd new router and a 3rd and so on
trying to figure out how to RTFM, connect to the router, and use the
default login?

> It's been five years or so since I installed the router and I've
> forgotten the process. I know how to reset the router and, as I
> recall, I need to take my laptop to the router and connect via
> ethernet cable to it --- then what? I've completely forgotten the
> process.

So you claimed to have gotten a new router back on Feb 9 because you
couldn't be bothered to reset your old one and here you are again
claiming you can't figure out how to reset the new router (which
probably doesn't need to be reset since you probably haven't changed it
from the factory-time defaults yet).

How can it be 5 years since you installed a router when you did it just
2 weeks ago?

So the "new" router didn't come with any instructions (paper or disc)?

[Nil]

On 24 Feb 2013, Pfs...@aol.com wrote in alt.os.windows-xp:

> I've given up on trying to recover a router password. I know it's
> stored in the registry but encripted.

What gave you that idea? The router's password is stored in... the
router. Amazing but true.

I've also told my web browser to remember the router's password so I
don't have to type it in manually. That copy of the password is stored
in Firefox's profile, and I can view it in Firefox's options.

> It's been five years or so since I installed the router and I've
> forgotten the process. I know how to reset the router and, as I
> recall, I need to take my laptop to the router and connect via
> ethernet cable to it --- then what? I've completely forgotten the
> process.

Read The Fabulous Manual. It's not a Windows problem or topic.

You don't even bother to tell us what router it is, so I'm guessing
you're not really looking for advice. Am I right?

[Pfs...@aol.com]

On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:10:48 -0600, VanguardLH <V...@nguard.LH> wrote:

>Pfsszxt wrote:
>
>> I've given up on trying to recover a router password. I know it's
>> stored in the registry but encripted.
>
>Nope.

Then how does WinXP get me on if the password isn't on the
computer??

> Stored in the router. You'll actually have to CONNECT to the
>router to modify its configuration (after a reset *if* needed since,
>after all, you claimed to have discarded the old one and bought a new
>router a couple weeks ago).

I said no such thing. I may have mentioned that I have an old one and
a new one.

>
>> You'd think the someone at MS might have at some time thought that
>> users might wnat to recover it and given a method to do so. The do
>> provide (via ControlPanel/Run/config a way to recover the IP address
>> but not the password!
>
>It's not Microsoft's job to configure routers.

Nor did I say anthythig about MS configuring routers.

>
>> But --- I give up.
>
>Again? So are you going to buy a 2nd new router and a 3rd and so on
>trying to figure out how to RTFM, connect to the router, and use the
>default login?
>
>

>So you claimed to have gotten a new router back on Feb 9 because you
>couldn't be bothered to reset your old one and here you are again
>claiming you can't figure out how to reset the new router (which
>probably doesn't need to be reset since you probably haven't changed it
>from the factory-time defaults yet).

You're free with the assumptions ---but false again!

You do manage to create a lot from clear air. I have an old Linksys
(at least 5 years old) router which I am currently using.
I'm on else I wouldn't be accessing the news groups.
I have misplaced the password and need it to use a new Ipad.
I also have a new dual channel Cisco Systems router which I
was also using occasionaly but an accedental power outage to
it has apparently reset it. So I'm inquiring as to how I go about
setting a new one.

[VanguardLH]

Pfsszxt wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> Pfsszxt wrote:
>>
>>> I've given up on trying to recover a router password. I know it's
>>> stored in the registry but encripted.
>>
>> Nope.
>
> Then how does WinXP get me on if the password isn't on the computer??

You been told (by others): you logon the router. The *router* knows its
password. The password is in the ROUTER. You can connect to that same
router from Windows 98, Vista, Redhat, Ubuntu, or whatever OS you have
on multiple hosts and in each case the router's password is stored in
the router so it's the same no matter from which host you connect.

The router's password is stored in the router.

>> Stored in the router. You'll actually have to CONNECT to the router
>> to modify its configuration (after a reset *if* needed since, after
>> all, you claimed to have discarded the old one and bought a new
>> router a couple weeks ago).
>
> I said no such thing. I may have mentioned that I have an old one and
> a new one.

Your prior request: Router password recovery.
Your solution: You bought a new router.

That eliminated having to recover a password, or to change it, because
you got the default login provided by that new router. Resetting your
old router would have reverted it back to its default login, too.

>>> You'd think the someone at MS might have at some time thought that
>>> users might wnat to recover it and given a method to do so. The do
>>> provide (via ControlPanel/Run/config a way to recover the IP address
>>> but not the password!
>>
>>It's not Microsoft's job to configure routers.
>
> Nor did I say anthythig about MS configuring routers.

And who was it that said:

You'd think the someone at MS might have at some time thought
that users might wnat to recover it and given a method to do so.
The do provide (via ControlPanel/Run/config a way to recover the
IP address but not the password!

Stop focusing on what Microsoft does in their operating system on your
host and focus on what the router does. You could wipe your hard disk
and install Ubuntu. That will have no effect on the password stored in
the *router*.

>> So you claimed to have gotten a new router back on Feb 9 because you
>> couldn't be bothered to reset your old one and here you are again
>> claiming you can't figure out how to reset the new router (which
>> probably doesn't need to be reset since you probably haven't changed
>> it from the factory-time defaults yet).
>
> You're free with the assumptions ---but false again!

Your history is not as unclear as you wish to others. All respondents
have been taking random shots at your fog of details. Note their
responses and in the other newsgroups to which you MULTI-posted.

> You do manage to create a lot from clear air.

Oh yes, it must be me putting those words into your posts asking how to
recover a password from a router and then later claiming your solution
was to buy a new one.

> I have an old Linksys (at least 5 years old) router which I am
> currently using. I'm on else I wouldn't be accessing the news groups.
> I have misplaced the password and need it to use a new Ipad. I also
> have a new dual channel Cisco Systems router which I was also using
> occasionaly but an accedental power outage to it has apparently reset
> it. So I'm inquiring as to how I go about setting a new one.

Both routers let you do a reset. Something you've been told about by
multiple respondents.

RTFM for the Linksys. Other than the generic advice you've been given
about pushing and holding a reset button, the manual will tell you how
to do that. RTFM for the Cisco. It will tell you, too, how to reset to
factory defaults. Then RTFM for both models on how to navigate through
their web config screens to change the password to whatever you want.

Reset the router. If not obvious by just looking at the router then
RTFM. If a blank password isn't the default one after a reset, RTFM to
find out what that manufacturer for that model chooses for the default.
Then connect your web browser to the router's web server. Again, you've
been told the typical IP addresses by other respondents and if that
doesn't work then RTFM.

"Linksys router ---older model"
That certainly narrowed it down. Apparently all labelling has peeled
off or been obliterated on this older router. So I picked one. Might
not be yours but then you never identified yours. I picked WRT54GL,
hardware version 1.1. Went to linksys.com, under their Support section,
searched on "WRT54GL", and, yep, there was a manual there. Yep, page 3
says how to reset. Page 4 tells you the default password (from factory
or after reset). Page 5 says how to connect your web browser to the
router's web server (i.e., what IP address to use). Now it's YOUR turn
to go there and get the manual (or use the one that came with the
router) to find out how to do the reset and what is the default password
and how to change it -- for whatever is the actual model you have.

*YOUR* claimed fix for your old router was to buy a new one. Didn't fix
anything. You still don't know its password. You haven't bothered to
identify the new one, either. Cisco is a company name, not a model
number of one of their products. Well, go back to Linksys/Cisco and get
their online manual if for some reason your new router didn't include a
hardcopy or one on a CD. That's assuming that just looking at the
device doesn't clue in how to reset it, like a "Reset" label right above
the switch you push and hold for awhile, and assuming the default
password isn't blank or "admin".

In each case, with your old router and with your new router, you've been
told to reset the router to revert it to its default or factory-time
password and then change it to whatever you want now. You don't
identify actual model numbers. You don't want to read the manuals. As
such, respondents can only give vague or generic instructions. Don't
expect respondents to regurgitate the instructions in the manual that
you could read yourself if the generic instructions, so far, don't work.

Time for YOU to try the suggestions (you never said you tried anything
so far suggested). If those don't work, it's time for YOU to read the
manuals that tell how to do a reset, how to login into the router's
internal web server, and how to change the password to something
different than the default.

The only "trick" that might not have been mentioned by others is that
you will need to wire connect a host to the router so you only have to
deal with its web server's login (and not have to be concerned about
wifi keys matching on host and router). However, in one of your
replies, you said you already figured that out.

Beyond what you've been told already, I'm starting to suspect you might
be trying to hack into someone else's router. You claim to want help
with your routers yet you've never mentioned looking at them, getting
some real model numbers for them, finding (or not finding) a Reset
button, that the manuals' instructions won't work, or what happens when
you attempt to connect to the router's web server at the IP address
you've been told about or told in the manuals. You keep leaving it
vague just why you cannot manage to reset the routers. Otherwise, by
now you would've already connected to the router, logged in, and made
the necessary change to the login password, and gone through the WPA[2]
key procedure. If you don't have physical access to the router to reset
it then ask whomever is the real admin or owner of the router if they'll
let you in.

[Pfs...@aol.com]

On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:19:56 -0600, VanguardLH <V...@nguard.LH> wrote:

t.
>
>Beyond what you've been told already, I'm starting to suspect you might
>be trying to hack into someone else's router.

THis is utter nonsense and quite offensve. I have a router -- old.
Both in-house computers use it daily. My grandkids would like to use
it when they're here -- which is at least once a week.
I don't have a record of the password.
This (Linksys) router, when installed, did NOT come with a page of
instructions or a disk. It came with a phone number to call for set
up. That call gave me a set of verbal instructions to follow to
set up the router. I did that. They now list a tech support number
which I've caled several times. Each time, I get a man or woman in
India. Whichever answers tells me they are at that time to busy with
othere so I need to give my phone number and they'll call back.
They never do!
So I'm back to my most original question. Is there a way to recover
a router password??

[Grinder]

What has it been so difficult for you to understand that you can reset
the password to a known value with a relatively simple operation?

[kraut / larry stark]

Buy a different router thar comes with directions?!?!?!

[Grinder]

*Why has it been*

[Pfs...@aol.com]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:14:05 -0600, Grinder <gri...@no.spam.maam.com>
wrote:

What "known value"?

If you mean a new value, then I've asked several times
how that's done and no one answered the question!

[Nil]

On 26 Feb 2013, Pfs...@aol.com wrote in alt.windows-xp:

> THis is utter nonsense and quite offensve.

Is it? Why then, do you continue to refuse to divulge the model number
of the router, even though you've been asked for it SEVERAL TIMES?

> I have a router -- old.
> Both in-house computers use it daily. My grandkids would like to
> use it when they're here -- which is at least once a week. I don't
> have a record of the password. This (Linksys) router, when
> installed, did NOT come with a page of instructions or a disk. It
> came with a phone number to call for set up. That call gave me a
> set of verbal instructions to follow to set up the router. I did
> that. They now list a tech support number which I've caled several
> times. Each time, I get a man or woman in India. Whichever answers
> tells me they are at that time to busy with othere so I need to
> give my phone number and they'll call back. They never do!

Once again, you refuse to answer direct questions. You've been asked
repeatedly what specific router you have. The brand name only is NOT
HELPFUL. If you wanted parts for your car, do you think just saying
"Ford" is enough information? Are you being deliberately obtuse?

Also, you have never been specific about WHICH password you're
looking for. There is the router password, which you use to get into
its setup utility via your web browser. Then there is the wireless
network passkey, which a computer will need to connect to the
wireless network. Which is it? You must be specific to get a useful
answer.

Even if you didn't get a manual in the original package, you can
download one in just a few seconds. A simple google search for
"Linksys router manual" got me a bunch of hits. Took 2 seconds. Why
haven't you done it?

Even if you can't be bothered, you have already been told SEVERAL
TIMES how to do it. Why have you ignored all that good advice?

> So I'm back to my most original question. Is there a way to
> recover a router password??

The question has already been answered SEVERAL times. The answer is
"No." If you've forgotten the router password, and it's been changed
from the factory default, you will need to reset it back to the
factory default by pushing the little button, as has been described
to you SEVERAL times and is detailed in the manual, which you can
easily acquire. If you've forgotten the wireless network passkey,
you will have to get into the router setup (by the above method, if
necessary) and reset the passkey there.

If and when you do find out the passwords, write them both on a note
and tape them to the router.

[Nil]

On 26 Feb 2013, Pfs...@aol.com wrote in alt.windows-xp:

> On Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:14:05 -0600, Grinder
> <gri...@no.spam.maam.com> wrote:
>>
>>What has it been so difficult for you to understand that you can
>>reset the password to a known value with a relatively simple
>>operation?
>
> What "known value"?

"Known value" = the factory default. Download the manual. Check it for
that default value. Or google the question. Since you continue to
decline to divulge the router's model number, nobody here is able to do
the work for you, even if they wanted to.

> If you mean a new value, then I've asked several times
> how that's done and no one answered the question!

The question has been answered SEVERAL TIMES.

[Nil]

On 26 Feb 2013, kraut / larry stark <krau...@yahoo.com> wrote in
alt.windows-xp:

> Buy a different router thar comes with directions?!?!?!

LOL!


(All popular routers I've come across have the manual availble on-line,
usually as a downloadable PDF.)

[Nil]

On 24 Feb 2013, Pfs...@aol.com wrote in alt.windows-xp:

> It's been five years or so since I installed the router and I've
> forgotten the process. I know how to reset the router and, as I
> recall, I need to take my laptop to the router and connect via
> ethernet cable to it --- then what? I've completely forgotten the
> process.

Found in 2 seconds via a Google search
(https://www.google.com/search?q=linksys+router+manuals):

http://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Linksys-Routerhttp://www.wikihow.com/Reset-a-Linksys-Router

Read the entire thing before taking action.

Download the manual for your as-yet-unspecified router and read now
to set a new wireless network passkey.

[John Williamson]

Search for your make and model of router on Google. Someone will have
posted the default passwords and an operating manual for that router
somewhere.

Connect to it using an ethernet cable, and open the router home page,
then use the password you found on the web to log on to the settings
page of the router. You will then be able to set the wifi password to
whatever you wish.

If you can not or do not wish to follow this procedure, then contact
your local computer specialist and ask them to do it for you. I have
already told you to do this in response to your off-group request for
assistance, and others here have told you how to do it on-group.

Failing that, it's a pound a mile travelling expenses from where I live
and �25.00 per hour for me to visit your premises and solve the problem
for you.

--
Tciao for Now!

John.

[John Williamson]

Nil wrote:
> On 26 Feb 2013, Pfs...@aol.com wrote in alt.windows-xp:
>> So I'm back to my most original question. Is there a way to
>> recover a router password??
>
> The question has already been answered SEVERAL times.

He's also been in contact with me off group asking the same questions,
and I have given him replies of the generic nature appropriate to the
generic nature of his enquiry.

Will the Eternal September never end?

[Ian Jackson]

In message <jekpi8tl37v4qrgba...@4ax.com>, Pfs...@aol.com
writes

My Linksys router (WAG200G?) came with a set-up disk and a user manual.

Why are you bothering with a helpdesk? I hate to say this, but have you
tried to Google for anything? IIRC, what I found online was somewhat
more understandable than what was supplied.

With my router, I think that the out-of-the-box user name was 'admin',
and the password was 'password' (which I think is pretty standard), and
that's what you'll get if you carry out the simple reset procedure. All
you then need to do if to reassign new ones.
--
Ian

[VanguardLH]

Nil wrote:

> Pfsszxt wrote:
>
>> THis is utter nonsense and quite offensve.
>
> Is it? Why then, do you continue to refuse to divulge the model number
> of the router, even though you've been asked for it SEVERAL TIMES?

That he refuses to divulge the router's model number indicates to me
that he is blind with has no one, even his grandkids, to read the
sticker (so good luck with him finding the hole into which to insert a
straightened paper clip) or he is hacking into someone else's router,
doesn't have physical access to it (and why he has no model numbers),
and is desparately seeking hacking help here under the guise that it is
his router. It is pretty easy to find the model number on the router --
if you actually go look.

If not a hacker without physical access to the router, he's sure
starting to look like a covert troll prodding us to reply while he
continues his pretense that he cannot follow instructions, cannot bother
to look at the router, cannot bother to read manuals, and cannot bother
to get them online from the router's site. Doing any of that would blow
his cover.

> If and when you do find out the passwords, write them both on a note
> and tape them to the router.

He refuses to walk over to the routers to get their model numbers. You
think he'll walk over to them to look at notes stuck on them?

[VanguardLH]

Wait for the grandkids to show up. They probably won't even have to
read any of these posts. Give them a paper clip and ask them to reset
your routers. Be done in a couple minutes. If they need instructions,
they will be able to look on the routers to find the model numbers that
have been so far elusive in discussions here and they'll just get the
manuals from the manufacturer's web site.

As mentioned previously, to get around all the wifi security and not
bother looking for SSIDs off the router (which, by the way, is also
where is the model number) or trying to *hack* into the router because
you claim to have forgotten the passphrase, just /*WIRE*/ your computer
directly to the router. If you don't have a CAT5 cable and you cannot
find one after digging through your computer drawers, ask your grandkids
to bring over one of theirs.

[Pfs...@aol.com]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:24:17 -0600, VanguardLH <V...@nguard.LH> wrote:

>Nil wrote:
>
>> Pfsszxt wrote:
>>
>>> THis is utter nonsense and quite offensve.
>>

tape them to the router.
>
>He refuses to walk over to the routers to get their model numbers. You
>think he'll walk over to them to look at notes stuck on them?

I've said multiple times it's an old Linksys router.
The actual model number -- I'm sure you can now aswer my question
---is WRT54G.

[Pfs...@aol.com]

On Wed, 27 Feb 2013 11:44:00 -0600, VanguardLH <V...@nguard.LH> wrote:

>Pfs...@aol.com wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:19:56 -0600, VanguardLH <V...@nguard.LH> wrote:
>>

>> So I'm back to my most original question. Is there a way to recover
>> a router password??
>
>Wait for the grandkids to show up. They probably won't even have to
>read any of these posts. Give them a paper clip and ask them to reset
>your routers. Be done in a couple minutes.

Ha --ha. I've saids could reset the router m-- but as I've asked
numerous times --then what.
Linksys offers no tech support and no useful info that I've found
>

So I hook a laptop to the router,then as I've asked several times,
what is the procedure to get a new password.

[Ian Jackson]

In message <vmtui895nea1b5d9u...@4ax.com>, Pfs...@aol.com
writes

You click on this link, and then visit some of the websites listed.
<http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=wrt54g+default+password&
oq=wrt54&gs_l=hp.1.8.0l10.16380.16380.2.19036.1.1.0.0.0.0.97.97.1.1.0.les
%3B..0.0...1c.1.5.hp.NMQrPCamBjE&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv
.43148975,d.d2k&fp=a6674baedcbf35ae&biw=1280&bih=842>

<http://pcsupport.about.com/od/linksys-default-passwords/a/wrt54g-default
-password.htm>
seems a good bet.
--
Ian

[John Williamson]

"The default Username for the Linksys WRT54G routers is:
Username: <leave blank>
Password: admin
If that doesn't work you can hard reset the router to the defaults and
then using the above password will work. But doing a hard reset will
clear all the configured settings that you currently have."

That took me all of five seconds to find. This took another five seconds:-

http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/01/how-to-reset-linksys-wrt54g-wireless/

It's even got a picture showing you where the reset button is.

Now, couldn't we all have saved a lot of time and typing if you'd given
us that information before now?

[Ian Jackson]

In message <ruGfwQI4...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk>, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> writes

And having downloaded the manual from
http://www.manualowl.com/m/Linksys/WRT54G/Download/4582
it seems that the way to do a factory reset is:
"Reset There are two ways to reset the Router’s
factory defaults. Either press and hold the Reset
Button for approximately five seconds, or restore
the defaults from Administration > Factory
Defaults in the Router’s web-based utility. "
--
Ian

[Nil]

On 28 Feb 2013, Pfs...@aol.com wrote in alt.os.windows-xp:

> Ha --ha. I've saids could reset the router m-- but as I've asked
> numerous times --then what. Linksys offers no tech support and no
> useful info that I've found

They offer user manuals, as has been mentioned several times. Isn't
that enough for you? Would you like Cisco rep to make you some nice
warm cocoa and read you a story, too?

http://support.linksys.com/en-us/support/routers/WRT54G

> So I hook a laptop to the router,then as I've asked several times,
> what is the procedure to get a new password.

The procedure has been outlined for you several times already. Have you
even tried it? Once you log into the router's setup it should be quite
obvious. If it's not, read the manual. It's clearly explained there in
great detail. Look in the Wireless Security section.

Come on, 'fess up - you're playing an elaborate game with us, right?

[Twayne]

In news:ap9gl9...@mid.individual.net,
John Williamson <johnwil...@btinternet.com> typed:

LOL! That's how we learn; that how we learn. Some of us anyway.

[VanguardLH]

Pfsszxt wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>>Nil wrote:
>>
>>> Pfsszxt wrote:
>>>
>>>> THis is utter nonsense and quite offensve.
>>>
>
> tape them to the router.
>>
>>He refuses to walk over to the routers to get their model numbers. You
>>think he'll walk over to them to look at notes stuck on them?
>
> I've said multiple times it's an old Linksys router.
> The actual model number -- I'm sure you can now aswer my question
> ---is WRT54G.

Yep. I don't need to duplicate John's reply other than to mention for
the 3rd time that to get around having to use wifi and have the proper
passphrase on your host that you connect it directly (wired) to the
router. Then login as you've been told many times to change the
password to what you want and do any needed wifi re-setup.

Gee, looks like I guessed real close on the model number in my other
post noting that there *is* an online copy of the manual you could
retrieve to read its instructions. So have you yet gone to Linksys' web
site to download the missing manual for that router?

[VanguardLH]

Pfsszxt wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> Wait for the grandkids to show up. They probably won't even have to
>> read any of these posts. Give them a paper clip and ask them to
>> reset your routers. Be done in a couple minutes.
>
> Ha --ha. I've saids could reset the router m-- but as I've asked
> numerous times --then what. Linksys offers no tech support and no
> useful info that I've found
>
> So I hook a laptop to the router,then as I've asked several times,
> what is the procedure to get a new password.

You walk through the config screens presented by the internal web server
in the router, the same web server that now you claim you can log into.
The manual would tell you that. What, you want me to spoon feed you the
same instructions? Okie dokie, but it's going to be a little spoon.
I'm not copying all the instructions and pictures from the manual.

From your other post 4 days later where you finally divulged the model
number is WRT54G:

- Go to www.linksys.com.
- Click on "Support".
- Enter "WRT54G" in the search box and hit Enter.
- Click on "Downloads".
- Select the hardware version (that's another sticker on the router).
- Click on "User Guide".
- In the .pdf file, search on "password".
- Page 2, section 2, "Change the default password". Just says you
really should change away from the default password (of "admin").
- Page 3, section "How to Access the Web-Based Utility", says:
You can set a new password from the Administration tab’s Management
screen.
- Rather than searching or scrolling, went to the Table of Contents to
find the "Administration -> Management" entry which is clickable.
- Page 17, "Administration > Management". Changing the password.
Thar yer be.

That took me under 2 minutes to download and find. All that time you
spent responding but wouldn't give the model number was all wasted when
YOU could've have simply looked in the manual. Your excuse for not
having a manual doesn't obviate one available online (and you were told
this) and obviously you can get online because you're posting here.

[Nil]

On 28 Feb 2013, VanguardLH <V...@nguard.LH> wrote in alt.windows-xp:

> That took me under 2 minutes to download and find. All that time
> you spent responding but wouldn't give the model number was all
> wasted when YOU could've have simply looked in the manual.

This nonsense has dragged on for 4 days now.

Is it over yet? I've got a pool going, if you want to place a bet.

[VanguardLH]

Nil wrote:

> This nonsense has dragged on for 4 days now.
> Is it over yet? I've got a pool going, if you want to place a bet.

He started a thread asking about the wifi SSID key. I'm guessing the
next thread will be on how to generate keys and passphrases and get his
wireless hosts connected.

As for spoon feeding him, I think he's at the end of his bait line even
if he claims he can't figure out to click on the tabs to navigate
between the different config panels shown to him by the router's web
server. I'm tossing the lure at this point.

If your "it" means him asking anything else about his routers, I'm
betting that'll continue. The next phase will be him setting up
wireless connections ... and, no, he will not have yet read the manual
on that. Then it will be how to configure the router's firewall. Then
how to punch holes through it when he wants to run a publicly accessible
server (that probably violates the contract with his ISP for his
personal use account). Then it will be on how to use a DDNS (dynamic
DNS) to find his router from outside using a hostname instead of an ever
changing IP address as dynamically assigned to him by his ISP. There
are lot of stuff to do with a router. It's only after you've gone
through configuring it a dozen times that you start to feel comfortable
with it so, say, after a reset you remember how to set it all up again.

[Keith Nuttle]

I believe if you check past post this guy has been asking a similar
question for about a month.

[VanguardLH]

Keith Nuttle wrote:

> Nil wrote:

>
>> VanguardLH wrote:
>>
>>> That took me under 2 minutes to download and find. All that time
>>> you spent responding but wouldn't give the model number was all
>>> wasted when YOU could've have simply looked in the manual.
>>
>> This nonsense has dragged on for 4 days now.
>> Is it over yet? I've got a pool going, if you want to place a bet.
>>
> I believe if you check past post this guy has been asking a similar
> question for about a month.

Since Feb 9. In his "recover password" thread, he proclaimed to solve
the problem by buying a new router. Apparently his grandkids that stop
by "at least once a week" have been absent for awhile to figure all this
out for him. He needs to make fudgy brownies to lure them over to work
on his computer. Worked for me for my neighbor to get me to come over
to fix his speakers. 10 minutes work for a handful of yummies.

[Pfs...@aol.com]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:58:16 +0000, John Williamson
<johnwil...@btinternet.com> wrote:



>
>http://technicallyeasy.net/2008/01/how-to-reset-linksys-wrt54g-wireless/
>
>It's even got a picture showing you where the reset button is.
>
>Now, couldn't we all have saved a lot of time and typing if you'd given
>us that information before now?

Just for kicks, go to the IP address given in this "useful" piece!

[John Williamson]

Pfs...@aol.com wrote:
> Just for kicks, go to the IP address given in this "useful" piece!

On my system, I get no response. My home page is in the 192.168.254.xxx
subnet. As I told you earlier, I use a BT Home Hub.

[Nil]

On 01 Mar 2013, Pfs...@aol.com wrote in alt.windows-xp:

> Just for kicks, go to the IP address given in this "useful"
> piece!

Just for kicks, tell us what happened when YOU went to that IP address,
and what you mean by "to to". Please be specific and detailed. It
doesn't matter at all what happens when any of us "goes to" that
address.


When I enter that address into a web browser of a computer on my
intranet that is connected with a cable (not wireless), I get the setup
utility of my router. I then need to log in with the router's password
in order to view or change its settings.

Other manufacturer's router address could be different, and that
address can be changed from within the router's setup utility.