router password !

u751904

Oh I 've forgotten my router password oh joy. I've accessed my router admin page and tried all the combinations i could think of. failed. So I decided to go for a factory reset. first of all I back up my router config to a file then did the reset. reset worked I had no router configuration so then imported the settings back expecting to be able to then apply another password only it seems to have applied the old password which I don't know so back to square one. any clues? I'm on the line to my isp hoping to get through and they'll help me. thank you Zoe

scrounger_2

What router have you got?

barry1104

Is it Apple router?

Stompa

u751904 wrote: »

...so then imported the settings back expecting to be able to then apply another password only it seems to have applied the old password...

There wouldn't be much point having a password if it could be so easily circumvented!

ManAtHome

Physically resetting the router should take it back to the factory setting and allow you to change passwords - you need to have the router in your hand to do this, so not really a security issue.

Is it an O2 router - they've been remotely changing passwords recently.

closed

How do you backup settings if you can't get past the login screen?

Is it the wireless password you are after, or the admin password, the former will be in the wireless settings page.

456789

yeah if you restore the backup it will go back to the old password

get the correct settings from your isp, factory restore the router and redo the settings

cuppajoe

ManAtHome wrote: »

Is it an O2 router - they've been remotely changing passwords recently.

Yeah, mine was remotely changed by O2 to the serial number of the router.

Otherwise you might find you default password once you've done a factory reset on this site.

http://www.phenoelit-us.org/dpl/dpl.html

Sooler

open the config file in Notepad or any text editor, the password will probably be in there in plain text.

benson1401

Sooler wrote: »

open the config file in Notepad or any text editor, the password will probably be in there in plain text.

Is this secure?

456789

1) Most routers don't store it in plain text
2) It would only be a security risk if someone could get access to your pc and get the config file