If You Forgot the Password of a Linksys Router

All the Linksys router passwords are setup at the same time as the initial router setup. You can change it

later but it is very much important to reset the password in order to avoid the unauthorized admittance

to the router’s web page. Very often user fails to recollect the exact username and/ password. So there

should be way to the remedy of such type of situations. Once after you have set the password and

facing it tough to remember the password, then following these below mentioned simple instructions

you can surely help you out.

1. Reset your Linksys default password to its original stage when you have forgotten the password of

your Linksys router. The original stage means the default settings took place in factory. In order to

return to its original stage hold down the reset button for around 30 seconds. As a result, the router will

reset to default name and IP address also.

2. Reconfiguring the whole system again, connect the computer to any of the Ethernet ports then log

into the URL http://192.168.1.1 and manage the Linksys router passwords. You will see a dialogue box

asking you for the password and username to login into the router. Write admin for both fields. The

default name is blank and the default password is admin on the older versions of Linksys routers. But for

the newer versions of Linksys router both the default name and password are admin.

Once you could pass the login screen, the configuration of the router is completed. By visiting the

management tab one can now change the admin password and avoid the unwanted access to the router.

After changing the administrator password you must enable the WAP or WEP security if you want to

deprive others from gaining unauthenticated access into your wireless network.

There are possibilities of having glitches although you have followed instructions and reset your router.

There are some useful tips that can surely help you in situation of forgetting your Linksys router

password. Try to have a printed copy of the required information like code and other related data about

configurations. It will help you with better management of router passwords.

3. You should be careful so that you will not forget the code at the first time, always try to choose the

password with great strength. The password should be a complex code and difficult for others to guess

or access. Keep the written copy of this complicated code safely; as a result you will be able to restore it

when required.

4. Before installing and getting the ports and the router work together effectively you should read the

instructions guideline carefully. It will help you to become familiar with the functions of different

apparatus in the router.