doing a hard reset on a linksys router

I bought a used Linksys router off of eBay and don't know the password
to it. Neither does the person I bought it from. As such, I'd like to
be able to do a hard reset. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how...
any ideas?

On 12 Sep 2006 05:18:48 -0700, zelnaga@gmail.com wrotd:

>I bought a used Linksys router off of eBay and don't know the password
>to it. Neither does the person I bought it from. As such, I'd like to
>be able to do a hard reset. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how...
>any ideas?

Both of my LinkSys routers (B/G and B-only) have a small recessed button on
the back. Push'n'hold for about 2-sec and it should do what you want.

---<ribbit>

"Froggie the Gremlin" <Froggie@see.sig.for.details> wrote in message
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> On 12 Sep 2006 05:18:48 -0700, zelnaga@gmail.com wrotd:
>
>>I bought a used Linksys router off of eBay and don't know the password
>>to it. Neither does the person I bought it from. As such, I'd like to
>>be able to do a hard reset. Unfortunately, I'm not really sure how...
>>any ideas?
>
> Both of my LinkSys routers (B/G and B-only) have a small recessed button
> on
> the back. Push'n'hold for about 2-sec and it should do what you want.
>
> ---<ribbit>
>

You might have to hold it longer than 2 seconds, more like 20 or 30. Then
the user name would be left blank and the password would be admin.

alien