I'm at my sister's house and she does not know the password of her router. I've tried every connection and can't determine it. She's using a pc laptop, which works fine wireless. I'm plugged in using ethernet and that works fine. Can someone talk me through changing the wireless password using her pc? Be gentle to someone who's a bumbling idiot when doing network stuff please.

She's on dsl through Embark and using a Linksys WRT300NV1 wireless broadband router.

Mucho thanks for any help.

Linksys typically has a "admin" password as default, with nothing in the User name blank spot. Assuming she has not changed the password, try that.

You can also go to the Linksys site/support and find info to help.

There should be a "reset button (very small) on the unit that will reset it to factory default settings. "admin" should then work as a password, but you will have to redo any changes/special settings she had.

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MartyStickle
I'm at my sister's house and she does not know the password of her router. I've tried every connection and can't determine it.

Hey, it's working! ;)


What modelamac said...reset the router.

Hey thanks guys, but strange as it may seem, my sister found a scrap of paper and lo and behold it had the password on it. So, we're good to go.

Am I the only one amazed that Marty's sister actually changed the router from its default user name/password?

Any way, at least things worked out.

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Am I the only one amazed that Marty's sister actually changed the router from its default user name/password?

Yes, I'm amazed also. But she didn't do it. Must have been done by the phone company guy who was here installing the equipment. I think the password is the serial number of the router, which I guess is as good as any.