Howto recover the system password

If for any reason you have fogotton or lost the UseMyNet administration console  or XWRT password then "Failsafe Mode" can be used to reset it.

Unplug the unit, plug it back in and repeatedly press the  "SecureEasySetup" button on the front of the unit. The power light will flash and the unit will have an IP address of 192.168.1.1

  1. Set your PC to a static IP address of 192.168.1.2
  2. TELNET to 192.168.1.1
  3. Run "mount_root"


To recover the  UseMyNet console password

  1. Run the command "cat /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.user" this will display the current password.
To reset the root (XWRT) password

  1. Run the command "passwd" to set a root password.

Reboot the unit and it will revert to it's normal IP address of http://10.0.0.1
 

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