Changing my password

I recently tried to change my password that I have been using
with my Internet Service Provider DSL service and my Linksys
WAG54G Wireless-G ADSL Gateway. This is used for a home office
setup, involving two desktop computers and one laptop computer. I
ran into multiple problems, and finally went back to my old
password. I really want to change this password, since it has
been in use for a very long time, and may have been compromised.

If I reset the password for my Internet Service Provider I can
not open the Linksys Setup local IP address, to reset the Linksys
password. If I reset the Linksys password first I can not connect
to my ISP site to reset that password.

How does one work around this problem?

"Gordon" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I recently tried to change my password that I have been using
> with my Internet Service Provider DSL service and my Linksys
> WAG54G Wireless-G ADSL Gateway. This is used for a home office
> setup, involving two desktop computers and one laptop computer. I
> ran into multiple problems, and finally went back to my old
> password. I really want to change this password, since it has
> been in use for a very long time, and may have been compromised.
>
> If I reset the password for my Internet Service Provider I can
> not open the Linksys Setup local IP address, to reset the Linksys
> password. If I reset the Linksys password first I can not connect
> to my ISP site to reset that password.
>
> How does one work around this problem?

That's why there is a Linksys Tech Support. If nothing else, they should be
able to help you.

Duane

On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:27:41 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Gordon
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If I reset the password for my Internet Service Provider I can
>not open the Linksys Setup local IP address,

There's something wrong with your config. If the linksys is a local
router, changing the ISP password should not affect it - you should be
able to connect directly to it via its IP Address (192.168.x.x
probably). What error do you get when you try this??

>f I reset the Linksys password first I can not connect
>to my ISP site to reset that password.

Ditto, the password for your router should not affect the password for
your ISP.


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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:17:58 +0100, Mark McIntyre
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:27:41 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Gordon
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>If I reset the password for my Internet Service Provider I can
>>not open the Linksys Setup local IP address,
>
>There's something wrong with your config. If the linksys is a local
>router, changing the ISP password should not affect it - you should be
>able to connect directly to it via its IP Address (192.168.x.x
>probably). What error do you get when you try this??
>
>>f I reset the Linksys password first I can not connect
>>to my ISP site to reset that password.
>
>Ditto, the password for your router should not affect the password for
>your ISP.
>
I didn't make this quite clear...all my computers can connect
with each other, and the readings for the LAN are fine. It is a
problem of getting any of the computers to connect with my
internet service provider, after I have changed the password at
my ISP. For some reason changing my ISP password locks me out of
my LinkSys Gateway setup and I can not then change the password
in the Gateway, enabling it to access my ISP.

On the other hand, if I change the password in my Gateway first,
I am then unable to access my ISP to change the password there.

The thing I can not figure out is why changing my ISP password
causes my Gateway setup program to become inaccessible. I can key
the Local IP Address into my browser's address slot and press
Enter, but I get nothing. My browser will try to search all
possible .com, .org, .whatever, until it runs out of ideas then I
get an error screen saying this site is not available.

But, as soon as I go back to my ISP and change the password back
to its original, I can access my Gateway's setup routine and if
seems to function normally.

It seems that if the Gateway can not lock on to the ISP because
of the password change, the Gateway will barricade itself against
any intrusion into its setup program.

On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:19:24 GMT, in alt.internet.wireless , Gordon
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 20:17:58 +0100, Mark McIntyre
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>the password for your router should not affect the password for
>>your ISP.
>>
>The thing I can not figure out is why changing my ISP password
>causes my Gateway setup program to become inaccessible. I can key
>the Local IP Address into my browser's address slot

What IP? 192.168.x.x? If your browser tries to search the internet for
these addresses, its severely broken, or your PC configuration is
severely broken, since this is a nonroutable address.

Disconnect the router from the modem and internet, and try accessing
its setup page now. Any joy?

Can you ping the router?

If so, what is the IP of your PC and of the router?






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On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 21:19:24 GMT, Gordon <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On the other hand, if I change the password in my Gateway first,
>I am then unable to access my ISP to change the password there.

Your WAG54G has two passwords. One is the password to configure the
router which I think (not sure) is on the security page. The other is
the PPPoE login and password on the first "General" or "WAN" page.
This is how you connect to your ISP. Which password(s) are you
changing? The two passwords are seperate and not related.




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