[Novalug] FIOS router - partial reset?

Fri Sep 17 16:25:36 EDT 2010

This was something Verizon did -- somehow they reset the admin password
remotely, so call them and see what they did.

Jon LaBadie <novalugml at jgcomp.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the idea Geoff.
> 
> Please have your mailer include a text copy of
> your message for us that use text only email readers.
> 
> I just did a websearch for bugs and password bugs to the
> Actiontec router.  In the top 20 hits I only saw password
> bugs related to sending a password to the internet, not
> for entering the administrator's gui.
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 10:12:00AM -0700, geoffm at companionway.net wrote:
> > <html><body><span style="font-family:Verdana; color:#000000; font-size:10pt;"><div>Just a note here: there was a bug found in the older actiontec router that had to do with the password - I *think* Verizon reset all those actiontec router passwords to something like the serial number of the router or similar - I may be very wrong about this - but maybe someone on this list can clear this up.</div><div><br></div>
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> > -------- Original Message --------<br>
> > Subject: [Novalug] FIOS router - partial reset?<br>
> > From: Jon LaBadie &lt;<a href="mailto:novalugml at jgcomp.com">novalugml at jgcomp.com</a>&gt;<br>
> > Date: Fri, September 17, 2010 2:08 pm<br>
> > To: <a href="mailto:novalug at calypso.tux.org">novalug at calypso.tux.org</a><br>
> > <br>
> > I'm confident this is totally impossible, but just in<br>
> > case I'm wrong again I'll ask.<br>
> > <br>
> > The FIOS router I have, an Actiontec mi424wr, has<br>
> > decided it doesn't like the password I set 2.5<br>
> > years ago.  I.e. I set a password when it was<br>
> > installed, recorded it, and have used it many<br>
> > times since.  But now it doesn't work.<br>
> > <br>
> > Is there anyway to record the current settings<br>
> > without logging in?<br>
> > <br>
> > Or anyway to clear the password without<br>
> > destroying any settings I've changed?<br>
> >    (clearly a security no-no)<br>
> > <br>
> > I've not found anything in the user guide.<br>
> > But I didn't expect to.<br>
> > <br>
> > -- <br>
> > Jon H. LaBadie                  <a href="mailto:novalugml at jgcomp.com">novalugml at jgcomp.com</a><br>
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