Forgot password to Belkin F5D7630-4A Router

Hi!

This is a follow-up to my earlier post http://tinyurl.com/9efjp

I would like to configure a Belkin F5D7630-4A Router but the problem is
that we no longer have the password to the box. I know I can hit the
reset switch but I'm pretty sure I'll lose the box's current settings
if I did so. Are my fears justified? Does anyone have tips on
recovering the settings post reset?

Thanks,

- Olumide

In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
"(E-Mail Removed)" (E-Mail Removed) says...
> Hi!
>
> This is a follow-up to my earlier post http://tinyurl.com/9efjp
>
> I would like to configure a Belkin F5D7630-4A Router but the problem is
> that we no longer have the password to the box. I know I can hit the
> reset switch but I'm pretty sure I'll lose the box's current settings
> if I did so.

That's what reset does.

> Are my fears justified?

What are you afraid of?

> Does anyone have tips on recovering the settings post reset?
>
How did you set it up before?

Rob Morley wrote:

> > Are my fears justified?
>
> What are you afraid of?

- Of losing ALL the of the box's settings i.e. MAC IDs, info about the
ISP etc. Is there any way of backing-up/catching/reading all this data
before I hit the rest button.

> > Does anyone have tips on recovering the settings post reset?
> >
> How did you set it up before?

Oops, I meant pre reset, and no I did not set it up before.

Thanks,

- Olumide

Contact Belkin as all Belkin networking kit has a lifetime tech support FOC
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> Hi!
>
> This is a follow-up to my earlier post http://tinyurl.com/9efjp
>
> I would like to configure a Belkin F5D7630-4A Router but the problem is
> that we no longer have the password to the box. I know I can hit the
> reset switch but I'm pretty sure I'll lose the box's current settings
> if I did so. Are my fears justified? Does anyone have tips on
> recovering the settings post reset?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Olumide
>

In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
"(E-Mail Removed)" (E-Mail Removed) says...
>
> Rob Morley wrote:
>
> > > Are my fears justified?
> >
> > What are you afraid of?
>
> - Of losing ALL the of the box's settings i.e. MAC IDs, info about the
> ISP etc. Is there any way of backing-up/catching/reading all this data
> before I hit the rest button.

ISP connection info should be available on their support pages, MAC
addresses are available from the hardware concerned ... unfortunately
without a password I don't think you're going to get admin access to
the current configuration.
>
> > > Does anyone have tips on recovering the settings post reset?
> > >
> > How did you set it up before?
>
> Oops, I meant pre reset, and no I did not set it up before.
>
It's probably not that difficult as long as you read the manual.

In article <(E-Mail Removed) .com>,
says...
>
> Rob Morley wrote:
>
> > > Are my fears justified?
> >
> > What are you afraid of?
>
> - Of losing ALL the of the box's settings i.e. MAC IDs, info about the
> ISP etc. Is there any way of backing-up/catching/reading all this data
> before I hit the rest button.
>
Yes...log in and save the config. Oh forgot, you can't do that cos
you're a dufus.


--
Conor

If Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened
rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic
music.

There's the poossiblity that the person that did set up the system made
a backup of the configuration, maybe onto your disk. Let's hope he/she
knew what they were doing...

You could have a search on your hard disk for a file that ends in
".conf". It is a text file, XML format that contains all the settings
(except the admin password!). It starts:

<psitree>
<SecCfg>
<srvCtrlList...

Once you have reset, you should be able to import this file to restore
settings.

Good Luck!

Fixer wrote:
> Contact Belkin as all Belkin networking kit has a lifetime tech support FOC
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed) oups.com...
> > Hi!
> >
> > This is a follow-up to my earlier post http://tinyurl.com/9efjp
> >
> > I would like to configure a Belkin F5D7630-4A Router but the problem is
> > that we no longer have the password to the box. I know I can hit the
> > reset switch but I'm pretty sure I'll lose the box's current settings
> > if I did so. Are my fears justified? Does anyone have tips on
> > recovering the settings post reset?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > - Olumide
> >