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Hacked and locked out of my R7000
Hello all, I feel I was hacked or something went on vacation and came home unable to connect to my router. The ssid seems to be changed and the password doesn't work now. I tried to the router passwo...
First make sure you don't have CAPS on if there are no caps on your password for the router.
Otherwise do the Factory Reset using the depressed button in the back. That should get you back to the cleared state with the old UID and PW.
Is it possible your router is OFF and you are seeing another one or are you hardwired to it?
Possible it is damaged too, what color are the LED lights?
First make sure you don't have CAPS on if there are no caps on your password for the router.
Otherwise do the Factory Reset using the depressed button in the back. That should get you back to the cleared state with the old UID and PW.
Is it possible your router is OFF and you are seeing another one or are you hardwired to it?
Possible it is damaged too, what color are the LED lights?
