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Breaking into my router

BarkingGhostar

BarkingGhostar

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Yes, I own several copies of Linksys router WRT-54GL. This particular one I installed custom firmware on 2-3 years back and have since forgotten the login password, WAN IP, etc. Additionally, I removed the wireless antennas and in the custom firmware turned off those radios.

The WAN interface MAC is cloned from a notebook and so when connected it appears as my old notebook, which recent went away. I wanted to go into the router and have it clone the new notebook MAC, but then realized the above. Doh!

Not sure how I can go about breaking into this puppy. If it is a loss I am not going to cry about it as it has saved my +30X what it cost me in automotive fuel. :ninja:

Ideas/thoughts?
 
Press and hold the Reset button on the back of the router for about 30 seconds. You'll need to reconfigure the router settings after resetting it, but it will let you log back in to the router if you can't remember the password.
 
OK, for S&G I held down the reset button for 60 seconds (previously tried 25 at the time of my original posting) and this reset the Tomato configuration. That default config uses the standard WAN IP and login credentials and I was able to access the router.

Sweet! Thanks, Fardringle!
 
BarkingGhostar said:
That default config uses the standard WAN IP and login credentials and I was able to access the router.
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For the Next time.

WAN IP is your ISP Internet IP and has nothing to do with the Router.

The Router has a local IP of the same subnet as you Network.

This IP usually referred to as the Gateway IP and it is the IP to use to log into the Router.

Keep for yourself a copy of this Freeware.

When you run it on any computer on the Network it will show all the IPS of the computer Router and other devices that are concreted and are On.

http://www.softperfect.com/products/networkscanner/




😎
 
Yes, and it is the weekend and I am not in work mode.

I meant the gateway IP. Jeez, almost as bad as using terrible grammar. :colbert:
 
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