moderated Re: An accessible router
Glenn / Lenny
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Also, on an ISP's router/modem, you can usually log
into your account on-line, like if you were going to pay your bill on-line, and
you can get your router's password there.
Glenn
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From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: An accessible router The problem is that the modems most ISP’s provide and which are also WiFi routers have to have a password because a large majority of people would never set one and that would result in a huge liability if, for example, they end up connecting cameras in their house and then somebody could very easily access them via an unprotected network. A lot of these Internet of things devices are insecure enough as it is. If you buy a router from one of the known brands such as Netgear, Linksys, Cisco, D-Link, Asus and so on there will be a default password which often is “password” or “admin” or something like thart. If you don’t know the default password of your router but you know the brand you can simply Google something like “What is the default password for a Netgear router” and you’ll find the answer. This of course means you absolutely have to change the password to something a lot more secure because if you can Google what the password is so can anybody else and the people who make it their business to hack into home networks probably don’t even have to Google it as they’ll know the default passwords of most brands by heart.
Best regards, Sieghard
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I've never heard of that, unless it came from an ISP. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: michaeel's mail Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2020 9:26 PM Subject: Re: An accessible router
The thing i find annoying with any of the wifi modems i get lately the password is already turned on by default to access the modem settigs. In the past it was blank now you need sighted help to read the password under the modem. cheers Michael. On 15/04/2020 11:28 am, Tyler Wood wrote:
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