Author Topic: Password change locked me out.  (Read 8730 times)

beholder

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Password change locked me out.
« on: April 19, 2009, 06:44:32 PM »
   I recently setup a WHR-HP-G54 routerAfter setup was complete the router was working perfectly until I changed the administrative passwordAfter the password was changed I was locked out of the routerThe router continued to function perfectly except that I could not login as rootI have completely reset the router and after changing the password I had the same resultIt seems that any password other than the default (blank) causes me to be locked out of the routerAny suggestions to solve this problem?

Ollie

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Re: Password change locked me out.
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2009, 11:08:16 AM »
   Ditto here too. After reading your experience, I just reset the router and left the defaults in place - not my first choice.

PCPiranha

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Re: Password change locked me out.
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2009, 03:06:30 PM »
try typing the first 8 characters of your password.  It will only store up to 8 characters.

Ollie

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Re: Password change locked me out.
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2009, 03:22:30 PM »
   Thanks for the suggestion but, my password was only 8 characters.

PCPiranha

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Re: Password change locked me out.
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2009, 03:40:15 PM »
We tried testing for this but could not replicate your problem.  Try updating the firmware and then change the password.  Let me know if you have any success.

beholder

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Re: Password change locked me out.
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2009, 01:04:47 PM »
   Thank you for the suggestion.  This may be the answer I need as I was using a 10 character password.