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I received a comment the other day asking me how to reset a router’s username and password back to the default username and password. I thought this was a great question and worthy of a post.
In order to get your router back to the original settings, you must push in the reset button (usually on the back of the router) for somewhere between 10 and 30 seconds depending on the router. You may need a pin or something small to push in the button, because it can be recessed. Once you have reset the router, the username and password will be changed to the defaults, admin and password, respectively.
One thing you must remember is that resetting the router will change all of the router settings back to the factory settings. This means you will lose all of the changes you made since you got the router. Make sure to write down any things you’ve changed, so you can change them back after the reset. Also, I recommend updating to the latest firmware after the reset.
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Slight nitpick here - on many Cisco-Linksys home routers (most of the ones I’ve worked with including most iterations of the WRT54G series), the default username is blank and the password is “admin”.
I really appreciate the tip. I have only worked with routers that have admin and password as the user name and password, respectively.
Different routers will have different usernames and/or passwords. I would suggest using a site like http://www.routerpasswords.com/ to find the combination for a given model. Or just Google ”[insert make and model] default password” to find yours.
I appreciate the feedback. I didn’t know about routerpasswords.com.
Routerpasswords.com…another one of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” websites. That’s a great idea…and great post too Kyle.
I agree. I’d never heard of it until the previous comment. Also, thanks for the feedback!