I hope someone can help me....I had comcast setup my router quite a few years ago and misplaced the info re the password and user name. I need help resetting that info on the router. I have a linksys 4 port. I have the IP address and the WEP code but just cant get in to look at or change settings.
Also,I need help me with this problem, this is the reason I want to access this info... The router is hard wired to a desktop and I ping off it with a wireless laptop. I keep losing the router info on the laptop. It converts to a strange router IP address number and lose the connection. The only way to reestablish the connection is to reset. I am constantly resetting the router and cable modem.(sometimes at least 2-5 times a day, sometimes once a day). It is quite a pain in the rear. I am not too computer smart and not even sure what the heck I am doing. I am desperate to solve this problem once and for all.
Just a note, after the comcast tech set up the router, which he did I think cause he felt bad that I had no idea how to do it, it worked great and I didnt have to reset router or cable modem for quite sometime.
Every once in a while I get a message that there is an "IP address conflict with another system on the network". what's up with that? Is that why I keep losing my connection and IP changes. It changes to a 169.... something number for IP address.

I also heard that router's need to be replaced after a couple years. My router is 2 years old. Any truth to this??
Thank a bunch! RN211

I'd start with event viewer logs first just to be sure you are not fixing the wrong thing.

The next place to start would be to see the linksys docs. They would describe the hard reset feature and what it defaults to. Be sure you know enough to re-create it to the way you want to. Write down the results of ipconfig /all too.

I have a silver and a red felt tip pen that I write all that stuff on the items. I don't care if anyone breaks into my home and reads it. I usually write down the defualts and new critical items.

Try admin admin. Might try admin and no password.

I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

If you have duplicate addresses then yes that can cause problems like you are seeing . You should not get duplicate addresses if the router is handing out the addresses via dhcp as it checks to see if anyone is using the address before assigning it to a device . I don't know who told you you had to replace your router after a couple years they are full it or don't know what the heck they are talking about . You replace it if it is broken or if you feel you need some new feature your old router does not have
. If the laptop cannot pull an address from the router you will get a 169.X.x.x address which is just a default microsoft address which will not work . Can you see any other wireless routers in your wireless client . I would say it could be you are getting interference from someone else in your neighborhood who is running on the same channel frequency . If you know what kind of router go to their website and see how you can default the router to factory defaults or what the default username and passwords are to get into the routers . Most have free manuals for all their routers on their websites .

I wanted to add another note. I use to have an excellant wireless connection, since yesterday it is registering low. I put the laptop right next to router and it remains unchanged. How do I fix this problem? thanks

In contrast to what Vipergg suggests...I am thinking your router might be going bad...

This is not common...I have had Linksys routers last 5 years, and I've had them go out in about a year...they seem to be better after Cisco took them over a few years ago...

Try this...

Go get another router from Best Buy or similiar...try it and see if your problem goes away...if it does, great, you fixed the problem with a new router...

If it does NOT fix the problem, then return the router back to the seller...

I like the Linksys WRT54G routers...

Could you be trying to access a neighbors or visa versa?

I read it wrong and answer it wrong too. So get off my case you peanut.

don't rule out a smurf attack.

google smurf and read how it destroys a router and its network.
been there

Newer Linksys routers use "root" for the username and "admin" for the password. You might try that. You may still have a hardware problem with the router itself (or something like the smurf attack, per mountain's post).

1 Corinthians 15:3-4

I wanted to thank everyone for their input. I figured out the password. I reset router and entered another WEP code, which is programmed into laptop. BUT......
I want to mention another issue and perhaps I can get some help. Because the router is hard wired to the desktop, it seems to lose the connection. Let me explain. I leave the desktop on, all the time (the only way I can get a signal to laptop via router). If the desktop isnt used for quite a while....an hour or more, it seems to go into "standby" mode, thats when I lose my laptop connection. Is there something that I can do to keep the connection, maybe in the router settings or desktop to keep the connection or is this the way it is??
Thanks!