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Netgear C6300 Admin password doesnt work after multiple factory resets
Had to do a factory reset on my device. afterwards i couldnt log into routerlogin.net through chrome, so i had to use IE. IE brings up the netgear genie and tells me to change the admin password and ...
brute forced it. 1 time when i was trying to get in, i saw the router interface appear right before it sent me to the password recovery page. figured it was drunk, so yeah, brute forced. closed IE everytime it sent me to the recovery page and i eventually got in.
after rebuilding all my settings, and getting my ISP to add my router to my account (something the sales guy said "couldnt be done" lawl) and a few reboots later, it works fine. complex password and everything.
still cant use chrome... which is odd. i'm nearly certain i've used it before. but my router build has been stable for a LONG time, so i cant really remember the last time i went in to configure it.
no to all of that (no energy to explain).
i figured it out.
So can you explain how you figured it out? So others will know.
brute forced it. 1 time when i was trying to get in, i saw the router interface appear right before it sent me to the password recovery page. figured it was drunk, so yeah, brute forced. closed IE everytime it sent me to the recovery page and i eventually got in.
after rebuilding all my settings, and getting my ISP to add my router to my account (something the sales guy said "couldnt be done" lawl) and a few reboots later, it works fine. complex password and everything.
still cant use chrome... which is odd. i'm nearly certain i've used it before. but my router build has been stable for a LONG time, so i cant really remember the last time i went in to configure it.
Google has updated Chrome and some features are not supported on newer version of Chrome. Try IE11, Firefox or Opera next time. You shouldn't have to brute force the admin PW. It should reset to default after a reset.
Thank for letting us know.
pretty sure i stated this already, but it does not "reset to default" when i pressed the factory reset button, and navigated to routerlogin.net; the VERY FIRST SCREEN prompts me to set the password. it does NOT ask for a password, defaulted or otherwise. and i already stated that i used IE to get in. and yes, i SHOULDNT have to enter the password 27 times to get a session that recognizes the password to let me in, but that's the way it acted.