linksys befw11s4 password problem

[phatstyl]

well, its seems my friends have got the best of me. One of them changed my password from its oem settings of no user and the password being "admin" to something unknown. I really need to be able to access my routers control panel, and i am wondering if any of you know a way to do it. Linksys tech support hasnt replied to my emails at all (and the 800# is busy) Any help would be appreciated.

 

[SaigonK]

Use the reset button, it will change everything back to factory defaults.

 

[n0cmonkey]

And make sure you change the password yourself next time. Ive changed the passwords on several of those routers myself (dont spam on irc channels Im in ).

 

[phatstyl]

i tried the reset button, but ii doesnt reset the password. Does it need to be left powered off for a while? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< i tried the reset button, but ii doesnt reset the password. Does it need to be left powered off for a while? Any help would be greatly appreciated. >>



According to the linksys web page (wow, its amazing that they have data about their products there ), you need to hold the reset button until the red Diag light comes on. This takes about 5s.

 

[phatstyl]

heh, i know, i did that, it said that in the manual. I am wondering if maybe it doesnt erase the password as well though. Thanks for the reply, still hoping to get another

 

[Wooster]

I accidently changed the password to something unknown. I press the reset button and everything did reset to default including the password. I don't know why yours doesn't works. Might be defectived unit, maybe?