Orbi cannot change password

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fede12345 wrote:

So I am stuck. I would either want to be able to access the iOS app with my current password, or be able to change my password.

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Oh, fudge.  It looks like whoever coded the two web dialog boxes did them differently.

FURRYe38is correct that a "Factory Refresh" is a guaranteed method to create a new password.  I believe there might be an alternative method, but it would be up to you to determine whether it is more tedious and complicated than a reset.

When I telnet into my Orbi and type the command:

nvram show

It displays hundreds of parameters, including this one:

http_passwd=MyOrbiPassword

(not actually my password, but you get the idea)

This parameter is the only place my Orbi admin password appears.  So, perhaps you could use the debug page to enable telnet access to the Orbi router. (http://orbilogin.net/debug.htm)

See if you can log in with the credentials "admin" and the existing password (with "ñ").  If you can't log in with the "ñ", then the only method is probably a reset.

Type these commands:

config set http_passwd=newpassword

config commit

Then open the Administration Menu Set Password, and have a go.  (It may even pop up the "enter password" dialog box on you.)

The worst that can happen is (a) you spent time on this that could have been used doing a factory reset, and (b) it may hose the system so you have to do a reset anyway.

If I knew how to read html, I'd be tempted to examine the login dialog box vs. the Set Password dialog box and look for differences.  But I find the Orbi web pages WAY beyond my primitive skills.