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Find Your Router’s Default Username and Password

Posted on 18. Mar, 2009 by Kyle Judkins.

Not too long ago, I covered How To Reset Your Router’s Password.  In that article, I told you that the default username and password for most routers is admin and password, respectively.  This may be the case for most routers, but I’m sure that there are more than a few out there with something different.

I found a great site in the Default Router Password Database that contains just about all of the default usernames and passwords for every type of router out there.  This should get you out of a jam if you ever reset your password and the defaults aren’t what you or I thought.

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How To Reset Your Router’s Password

Posted on 13. Oct, 2008 by Kyle Judkins.

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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