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| Thread ID: 81029 | 2007-07-13 06:03:00 | Keep Those Older Install CD's And Such | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
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| 568714 | 2007-07-13 06:03:00 | Just had a wonderful runaround with the unkind folks at Linksys . :yuck: Seems my wired router lost it's default password even though I held the reset button for 1, then 3 minutes as per website info . Called the tech site, and they went as far as telling me that since my router was over one year old, they had no interest in helping me with the problem . "Round and 'round I went with one after another person who didn't speak the King's English as even a third language . All you get is: "I am being very sorry sir as you can see hands of mine are tied for company policies and I can only regretfully ask you to consider the purchasing of a more modern device from our company in the very near future . Again, I apologize and need to ask you if you would be so kind to rate my responses to your most timely problem as I am in training now and need to have superior responses to my calls for technical reasons which I cannot speak of at this time . . . etc . . . etc" OK . . I got to them . . . well, I actually hung up and sat back for a minute and had a bright idea . The brightest ideas are really the simplest ones anyway . I just popped in the original install CD and followed instructions and fixed the so-called antique router myself . I didn't even have to bother Sir Speedy this time . Keep those old installation cd's . . they might save a lot of blood pressure and headaches in the future . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 568715 | 2007-07-13 06:20:00 | lol, well lucky you figured it out then . Or you would have been waiting years for me to do something about it . Since, I'm not on BB, I have no idea what a router can and cant do . Never had one and most probably will never get one . Unless I win the lottery or something . |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 568716 | 2007-07-13 07:11:00 | Just in case someone asks . . . Take the router out of the system, just leave the modem in and running . Put in the installation cd that came with the router and follow the instructions without having the router in line . Then after the cd does it discovery job, it's time to install the router and then run the second half of the router driver disc . That's it . It sets the addresses and ports all by itself . . be sure to add a really good mixed-digital/numeric/symbol password though! Use upper and lower case . . that always messes them up . BTW: I also use upper and lower case in XP's sign on too . Just do it the same way every time or you're not gonna get in! Most hackers forget about upper and lower case expecially in Windows . |
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