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JohnFairfax
Aspirant
Apr 25, 2018
Solved

Cannot access my router settings (log-in) in any way (factory reset'd several times)

Hey everyone, before I start I want to apologize if this is not the correct section to post this thread.

 

The router I currently own is this one (click here) and I simply cannot access my router settings (routerlogin.com or 192.168.1.1) I do get the text box to input my username : password but all the login infos I've looked up in google won't work. Text Box I get to see.

 

I tried multiple sites to check for login info and none work, one of those being this huge "2018 updated" list:
https://www.lifewire.com/netgear-default-password-list-2619154

 

At the beggining I thought it could be my router messing stuff around because sometimes I got a message saying "Your conenction is not secure" so I tried on MS Edge and then on Firefox, no luck either.

 

I decided to contact ISP, blah, blah, for security reasons they cannot give me admin : password (not sure why?) [My ISP provided me this Netgeat router, I didn't buy it by myself].

 

Anyhow I did not care about what they said because I used to have TrendNET router and could access to my router settings with no interference from them; the next big step I did was holding the little "factory reset" until the power light started to blink (Not sure if it's held more time it might do something).

 

After factory reset I got the default SSID and PW of the network, I logged in, and had to "log-in" to the network, the only thing it said was the SSID and PW I already knew and 2 buttons, one was to print all the info and the other one to proceed and "activate" the internet.

 

Tried all the possible combinations of admin : password after factory reset and no luck either, no I'm stuck with a SSID called "SureWest-f1" instead of the custom SSID I want.

 

I remember once after a while (because I gave up and submitting a live chat here required a proof of purchase which I don't have because like I mentioned before, my ISP gave this to me) I remember attempting to factory reset it again like 4+ times, and only ONE of them allowed me to access the router info, I had like 3 options to choose, continue with net, configure settings, etc. (instead of the print thing screen I mentioned before) but amazingly unlucky me something happened and after settings everything I wanted, the save button or whatever it was simply didn't work, didn't have connection anymore, had to factory reset again and since then I haven't ever been able to access my router settings apart from that lucky try. (Not exactly sure WHAT I did that one time, maybe I held the factory reset button longer? Who knows..)

 

I'd really like to access my router settings to change SSID how I want, custom password, and doing some port-forwarding.

 

Please any help is appreciated, my ISP just won't help me, they're limiting me what to do with my OWN router.

 

  • antinode's avatar
    antinode
    Apr 26, 2018

    > The router I currently own is this one (click here) [...]

       Why not simply type the model number?

    > [...] all the login infos I've looked up in google won't work. [...]

       That non-description conveys no useful information to the
    non-psychics in your audience.

    > [...] I got a message saying "Your conenction is not secure" [...]

       That's normal when using "http://" (not "https://") with a modern Web
    browser.  And what did you do then?  Continue?  Quit?

    > [...] [My ISP provided me this Netgeat router, I didn't buy it by
    > myself]. [...]

       If the router is running ISP-specific firmware, then the usual
    Netgear (retail-router) default credentials might not work.  In that
    case, your ISP might be the best source of information on it.

    > [...] After factory reset I got the default SSID and PW of the
    > network, [...] I'm stuck with a SSID called "SureWest-f1" instead of
    > the custom SSID I want.

       If the settings reset gave you a default SSID of "SureWestXXX", and
    not "NETGEARxxx", then it sure looks to me like ISP-specific firmware.
    Regarding SureWest, I know nothing, but a quick Web search for keywords
    like, say:

          surewest router password

    might find more relevant information than you'll get from a pure Netgear
    source.  For example:

    https://tpsconsulting.blogspot.com/2014/12/consolidated-communications-cci-router.html

    which suggests "admin" and "cciadmin".

     


    > [...] I'm looking to change my router's MAC Address [...]

       That could be possible if you could get into the router's
    administration web site.

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  • Any help is appreciated, thanks!

    For now I'm looking to change my router's MAC Address so I can get a new Public IP Address, need this for security reasons.

    • antinode's avatar
      antinode
      Guru

      > The router I currently own is this one (click here) [...]

         Why not simply type the model number?

      > [...] all the login infos I've looked up in google won't work. [...]

         That non-description conveys no useful information to the
      non-psychics in your audience.

      > [...] I got a message saying "Your conenction is not secure" [...]

         That's normal when using "http://" (not "https://") with a modern Web
      browser.  And what did you do then?  Continue?  Quit?

      > [...] [My ISP provided me this Netgeat router, I didn't buy it by
      > myself]. [...]

         If the router is running ISP-specific firmware, then the usual
      Netgear (retail-router) default credentials might not work.  In that
      case, your ISP might be the best source of information on it.

      > [...] After factory reset I got the default SSID and PW of the
      > network, [...] I'm stuck with a SSID called "SureWest-f1" instead of
      > the custom SSID I want.

         If the settings reset gave you a default SSID of "SureWestXXX", and
      not "NETGEARxxx", then it sure looks to me like ISP-specific firmware.
      Regarding SureWest, I know nothing, but a quick Web search for keywords
      like, say:

            surewest router password

      might find more relevant information than you'll get from a pure Netgear
      source.  For example:

      https://tpsconsulting.blogspot.com/2014/12/consolidated-communications-cci-router.html

      which suggests "admin" and "cciadmin".

       


      > [...] I'm looking to change my router's MAC Address [...]

         That could be possible if you could get into the router's
      administration web site.

      • JohnFairfax's avatar
        JohnFairfax
        Aspirant

        Thank you very much, this was it!

        This was confusing because the guy initially gave me "SWAdmin" and password "$WN3Tw0rK!"

        Who would've known that, thanks antinode.