Re: re-setting router

"Kevin Childers" <kchilder@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Christopher Muto" <muto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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what model router is it?
what type of internet connection do you have?
if you have cable then you can press and hold the reset button on the
linksys router to return the router to its factory default settings,
complete with login username of 'admin' and password of 'admin'. if you
have dsl then you have to know your login information for the dsl service
or you will be out of business after you reset the router and blow away
this stored information... then to reconfigure the router you simply
point your internet browser to 192.168.1.1 and logon with username and
password (above), change the password for the router so other people
can't log in, change the wireless ssid to something that you like, and
change the wireless security by selecting a security type ans entering a
password. note the hexidecimal version of the wireless password as you
may need to use it to log on wireless from a laptop. once loged on from
the laptop the laptop will store the password and it will not need to be
typed again. then write down all of these settings, 192.168.1.1 to get
reouter control panel page, username/password, ssid, wireless password,
and if you have dsl the dsl name and password that has to be entered into
the router.... linksys tech support can talk you through it if you call
them up on the phone.

"MZB" <moo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK-- I just got my new Acer netbook. It's very nice.

Now, I have another problem.

I have a desktop in the basement with a Linksys Router and my regular
notebook upstairs.

Unfortunately, I no longer have the password for my router (long
story -- it got lost when I moved 3 years ago). So, I want to add my
new netbook to my network and have internet access. But the security
settings will not allow that.

I assume I will somehow have to hit the reset button to restore the
Linksys to its factory settings. Beyond that, I don't remember how to
reset the security settings that will now allow my netbook and notebook
access. I'm probably going to have one of my IT guys from work come over
and do it (I'll pay him, of course), unless someone here has some other
better suggestions.

Mel


As I recall you have to hold the reset button in for several second. But
why take my word for it, try looking here:
http://www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/support
or
http://www3.nohold.net/noHoldCust56/Prod_8/Articles64888/launch_frames.html?alt1=us


yes, as i said, press and hold the reset button. you know it is reset once
all the lights on the front of the router lite simultaneously.
but it would be a mistake to do this before you consider your type of
internet connection - if it is the type that typically require a logon, such
as most residential dsl services, then you will also reset the stored dsl
username/password and no longer be on the internet unti lyou restore them.
so it is best ot make sure you know that username/password combination
before proceeding. no sense in having a laptop than can connect to a router
that can not conenct to the internet...


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