I have a Linksys BEFSR41 and it is impossible to reset.
No one seems to agree on how to reset one of these damned things:
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Reset Cable/DSL Modem. If you have exhausted everything and still are having difficulties, try resetting the cable or DSL modem. You can accomplish this by turning off the cable or DSL modem for 3 seconds and then power the modem back on, then restart the computer.
Reset Cable/DSL Router to factory default. If you want to start over and set the router to factory default, put the reset button with a pen or something small enough to go through the hole for 3 seconds or until the Red Diag Light comes on, then restart the computer.
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source:
http://www.linksys.com/support/support.asp?spid=1
I e-mail Linksys's tech support and got a reply. Because that correspondence is supposed to be confidential, and because I have a certain quality called "integrity", I will not quote the method recommended to me, but will briefly outline it:
1.) Hold the reset button for 1 minute
2.) Unplug the power with reset still held
3.) Plug it back in right after unplugging
4.) All the while still holding the reset button, wait yet another minute (total of two minutes holding down the reset button)
5.) After the second minute has passed, let go of the reset button
Another method:
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If not and you can remember the password , then just pull the plug on your gateway and the linksys router and go eat dinner. when you get back Plug in the gateway (your dsl modem) let it sinkup . Then plug in the linksys router, let the lights light up then plug in your computer. go to your browser and type in 192.168.1.1 if the box comes up type in admin in the password only. you should be able to get in then.
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Found
here.
Then there's more stuff
here.
I'm a bit iffy about trying so many methods. So far I've only tried the method recommended by Linksys support itself, and it didn't work. Anyone know the real method to reset one of these damned things?
My problem is that I can no longer access my router settings. I think it all started when I upgraded my firmware. My internet access went away for about a week (no one on TFP seems to have noticed that I was gone for a week
), but anyway, I finally called my ISP tech support and of course was put on hold for around 40 minutes. Finally, tech support told me to just turn all my junk off, including modem and computer. Told me to plug my computer in directly to the modem instead of through the router. Turned my computer on and whammo, 'net access restored. So I figured that it must've been my router.
Well all is fine and dandy until I want to get my web server back up. I go in to try to change my router settings and such, but
http://192.168.1.1/ no longer works. Neither does
http://192.168.0.1/ or any other variant. I e-mail Linksys tech support and got the reply that I detailed above, but he also told me to try finding my default gateway address, and that should be my router's IP address. Fine. So I open up a command prompt and type in "ipconfig" and get the default gateway. I enter this address into my browser and I get a "page cannot be displayed error", which is the same thing that
http://192.168.1.1/ gives me, and
http://192.168.0.1/ and various other combinations.
Okay, great, so nothing works so far. How about if I just renew my stupid gateway and such. Well okay, so I type in "ipconfig /renew" and it pretends to renew my stuff. I still have the same gateway address. Maybe I should restart my computer? Or maybe I should go over to Linksys headquarters and break their windows by throwing my router at them?
