Linksys router changed language??? How to fix?

My parents have a Linksys WAG54GS router which they have had for
a long time.

Today, they called me to say their Internet had gone down (Talktalk).
When I asked them to go into the router at http://192.168.1.1, after
they entered the router username and password correctly, the admin
pages all came up in French! This is bizarre, because only recently
I was in there and it was in English as it always had been.

Googling for the issue only turned up hits with people saying the
router language is set according to where it is sold, but nothing
about why a router might suddenly decide to change its language!

Does anyone know how we can get it back to English? Their internet
connection is still down so I can't connect remotely to look at it.

Cheers
Tony
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On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:07:10 +0000, Tony Mountifield wrote:

> My parents have a Linksys WAG54GS router which they have had for a long
> time.
>
> Today, they called me to say their Internet had gone down (Talktalk). When
> I asked them to go into the router at http://192.168.1.1, after they
> entered the router username and password correctly, the admin pages all
> came up in French! This is bizarre, because only recently I was in there
> and it was in English as it always had been.
>
> Googling for the issue only turned up hits with people saying the router
> language is set according to where it is sold, but nothing about why a
> router might suddenly decide to change its language!
>
> Does anyone know how we can get it back to English? Their internet
> connection is still down so I can't connect remotely to look at it.
>
> Cheers
> Tony

Language setting is in Administration | Firmware upgrade, for some
strange reason.

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
Peter Crosland <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> "Tony Mountifield" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:h6mk7u$lv2$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > My parents have a Linksys WAG54GS router which they have had for
> > a long time.
> >
> > Today, they called me to say their Internet had gone down (Talktalk).
> > When I asked them to go into the router at http://192.168.1.1, after
> > they entered the router username and password correctly, the admin
> > pages all came up in French! This is bizarre, because only recently
> > I was in there and it was in English as it always had been.
> >
> > Googling for the issue only turned up hits with people saying the
> > router language is set according to where it is sold, but nothing
> > about why a router might suddenly decide to change its language!
> >
> > Does anyone know how we can get it back to English? Their internet
> > connection is still down so I can't connect remotely to look at it.
>
> It sounds as if it could be a modem sold in a French speaking country that
> has reset to the default language. This could have happened if there was a
> glitch on the mains. Have you had a look at the manual on the Linksys
> website? www.linksysbycisco.com

No, it was bought in the UK several years ago, and we have done a factory
reset on more than one occasion and it has stayed in English.

I have the PDF of the manual, which I have been scouring while on the
phone to my parents who are 50 miles away!

Cheers
Tony
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In article <(E-Mail Removed) .uk>,
Phil Stovell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:07:10 +0000, Tony Mountifield wrote:
>
> > My parents have a Linksys WAG54GS router which they have had for a long
> > time.
> >
> > Today, they called me to say their Internet had gone down (Talktalk). When
> > I asked them to go into the router at http://192.168.1.1, after they
> > entered the router username and password correctly, the admin pages all
> > came up in French! This is bizarre, because only recently I was in there
> > and it was in English as it always had been.
> >
> > Googling for the issue only turned up hits with people saying the router
> > language is set according to where it is sold, but nothing about why a
> > router might suddenly decide to change its language!
> >
> > Does anyone know how we can get it back to English? Their internet
> > connection is still down so I can't connect remotely to look at it.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Tony
>
> Language setting is in Administration | Firmware upgrade, for some
> strange reason.

Hmmm, the manual PDF that I have doesn't show this. I'll have to get
them to look there and see if there is a "Lingue" setting or something.

Cheers
Tony
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In article <h6mog4$ofo$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Tony Mountifield <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> In article <(E-Mail Removed) .uk>,
> Phil Stovell <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > On Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:07:10 +0000, Tony Mountifield wrote:
> >
> > > My parents have a Linksys WAG54GS router which they have had for a long
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Today, they called me to say their Internet had gone down (Talktalk). When
> > > I asked them to go into the router at http://192.168.1.1, after they
> > > entered the router username and password correctly, the admin pages all
> > > came up in French! This is bizarre, because only recently I was in there
> > > and it was in English as it always had been.
> > >
> > > Googling for the issue only turned up hits with people saying the router
> > > language is set according to where it is sold, but nothing about why a
> > > router might suddenly decide to change its language!
> > >
> > > Does anyone know how we can get it back to English? Their internet
> > > connection is still down so I can't connect remotely to look at it.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Tony
> >
> > Language setting is in Administration | Firmware upgrade, for some
> > strange reason.
>
> Hmmm, the manual PDF that I have doesn't show this. I'll have to get
> them to look there and see if there is a "Lingue" setting or something.

Thanks, that option was there, and we now have the router talking
in English again! Now to try and diagnose why it can't connect.
Anyone aware of Talktalk having any problems at the moment?

Cheers
Tony
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bod43 wrote:

> On 22 Aug, 01:10, William <will...@lowerknowle.com> wrote:

>> The specific emulator for the WAG54GS is
>> at http://ui.linksys.com/files/WAG54GS/1.00.08/Setup.htm

> What a fine idea. Don't know what it is actually for tho'.

I should have thought it were obvious: for situations like this, where one
needs to talk someone through configuring something that one doesn't have
access to.

Linksys should be commended for providing something useful that isn't
strictly necessary for them to do.

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