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fastrack1966
Aspirant
Apr 12, 2022

GS305E 5 PORT HOME SWITCH "THE PASSWORD IS INVALID"

Trying to access my switch through the browser. Can see it on the screen, firmware is 1.0.0.5. Going to Admin Page I get "Password Is Invalid". Using the default on the base of device, yes its passwo...
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fastrack1966
Aspirant
Apr 12, 2022

Sorry maybe I should add I am using the Switch Discovery Tool

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    fastrack1966
    Aspirant
    Apr 12, 2022

    Oh Well that was easy.

    1) I reset the switch since I could not ping it, though it was working fine. Reset gave it a pingable ip.

    2) After reset the password issue appeared

    3) A second reset and now I can use the default password then change it. 

    Anyone seen this before? Reset 1 loses the default password so reset 2 cures it đŸ˜Č

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