How To Reset Your Router’s Password

Posted on 13. Oct, 2008 by Kyle Judkins in How To

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linksys routerI 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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8 Responses to “How To Reset Your Router’s Password”

  1. Rick Wilcox

    13. Oct, 2008

    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”.

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    • Kyle Judkins

      13. Oct, 2008

      I really appreciate the tip. I have only worked with routers that have admin and password as the user name and password, respectively.

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  2. Chris

    14. Oct, 2008

    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.

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  3. The Windows Fix

    22. Oct, 2008

    Routerpasswords.com…another one of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” websites. That’s a great idea…and great post too Kyle.

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  4. Adam

    29. Mar, 2009

    OMFG.. Chris thnx a lot

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  5. cool dude

    29. Aug, 2009

    thanks for the tip dawg

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