D-Link Router- Is there a way to reset the password for the network connection without knowing the old one?

Question

I was given a D-link router by a friend and connected it to my computer at home to get wireless internet. Their old network connection came up on my wireless networks on my laptop, but it asked for a password. My friend doesn't remember the password, so is there a way to reset the password for the wireless connection?

Answer 1

for most routers you just have to do a hard reset. that usually just involves holding the reset button for a while and lights might flash and then everything should be restored to default settings.

Answer 2

To get the reset button to work, you have to hold it down till the lights flash off and back on.

Here are the steps for the reset

http://www.windowsbbs.com/other-software/80172-d-link-wireless-router.html

or visit the Dlink support site.

http://support.dlink.com/default.asp?orig=1



The button does have to held a bit - at least 10-15 seconds sometimes 30. The unit has to be ON to reset.

Answer 3

Usually ther'es a wee hole where you can poke in a paperclip to re-set the router, this will reset everything though which may be a bad idea.

Also maybe conect to it by wire, there tends to be no security then and you can log on and change the wireless settings

Answer 4

On my D-Link router there was no password to start with...

Username: admin

Password:

This allowed me to get to the setup screen where I could change my password!

Not sure if you have already set a different password though!?

Answer 5

yes just hit the reset button on the back