XPost: alt.windows-xp
From: V@nguard.LH
Pfsszxt@aol.com wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Feb 2013 22:19:56 -0600, VanguardLH wrote:
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> t.
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>>Beyond what you've been told already, I'm starting to suspect you might
>>be trying to hack into someone else's router.
>
> THis is utter nonsense and quite offensve. I have a router -- old.
> Both in-house computers use it daily. My grandkids would like to use
> it when they're here -- which is at least once a week.
> I don't have a record of the password.
> This (Linksys) router, when installed, did NOT come with a page of
> instructions or a disk. It came with a phone number to call for set
> up. That call gave me a set of verbal instructions to follow to
> set up the router. I did that. They now list a tech support number
> which I've caled several times. Each time, I get a man or woman in
> India. Whichever answers tells me they are at that time to busy with
> othere so I need to give my phone number and they'll call back.
> They never do!
> So I'm back to my most original question. Is there a way to recover
> a router password??
Wait for the grandkids to show up. They probably won't even have to
read any of these posts. Give them a paper clip and ask them to reset
your routers. Be done in a couple minutes. If they need instructions,
they will be able to look on the routers to find the model numbers that
have been so far elusive in discussions here and they'll just get the
manuals from the manufacturer's web site.
As mentioned previously, to get around all the wifi security and not
bother looking for SSIDs off the router (which, by the way, is also
where is the model number) or trying to *hack* into the router because
you claim to have forgotten the passphrase, just /*WIRE*/ your computer
directly to the router. If you don't have a CAT5 cable and you cannot
find one after digging through your computer drawers, ask your grandkids
to bring over one of theirs.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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