Forgotten Router Password question...

[Paulie-W]

Oops.

I have forgotten the password to my router (netgear MR814v2) and am not too sure what exactly i need to note down for a hard reset.

I have my kids pc, pda and music server on it at the moment (my pc is hard wired).

On the netgear help site, it mentions ports etc, but i`m not sure if i have any (other than the normal) ones open.

could some kind gent give me an idiots guide on what i need to note down please.

TIA

[Dubster]

Have you tried 'admin' for the password? i know most of the routes ive used use admin as the username and password as default.

[Paulie-W]

Originally Posted by Dubster

Have you tried 'admin' for the password? i know most of the routes ive used use admin as the username and password as default.

Yeah lol, in my infinate wisdom i totally changed all of that. Not so smart in retrospect.

[av_101]

They normally have a reset button that takes it back to factory defaults including the password, you will lose all your config though....

[Paulie-W]

Originally Posted by av_101

They normally have a reset button that takes it back to factory defaults including the password, you will lose all your config though....

Yep, i know. I just hope if i do the hard reset, i`ll be able to reconfigure all me again. Hopfully it`ll just be a case of broadcasting and picking everything up again.

[njp]

Originally Posted by Paulie-W

Yep, i know. I just hope if i do the hard reset, i`ll be able to reconfigure all me again. Hopfully it`ll just be a case of broadcasting and picking everything up again.

Too late if you haven't already done it, but it's usually possible (and wise) to backup the configuration data to a file...

Saved me a lot of hassle when my Netgear router suddenly decided to spontaneously lose all its settings after a couple of years of faultless operation!

[Paulie-W]

Originally Posted by njp

Too late if you haven't already done it, but it's usually possible (and wise) to backup the configuration data to a file...

Saved me a lot of hassle when my Netgear router suddenly decided to spontaneously lose all its settings after a couple of years of faultless operation!

Dammit!!!! I really do need 20/20 hindsight I`ll make bloody sure i do hat next time. Cheers for the tip

[tinners]

If its a modem&router youll need your ADSL userID and Password to reconfigure after factory reset.

[Paulie-W]

Originally Posted by tinners

If its a modem&router youll need your ADSL userID and Password to reconfigure after factory reset.

NTL cable moden and the Netgear, but i do have my NTL stuff written down.

[Cable Monkey]

Don't need it for Cable...

[jem101]

Before you factory reset it, do an ipconfig /all on one of the client machines. This will give you the ip subnet information for plugging back into the router (assuming that you had it setup as a DHCP server)