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Login to Actiontec MI424WR Router

unc1998

I'm trying to logon to my Actiontec Router, but after going to http://192.168.1.1 and typing in admin then password, I get Login failed, please try again. I've reset the router by using the button on the back. Any other suggestion or password combo's out there that might work?

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Justin46

@unc1998 wrote:
I'm trying to logon to my Actiontec Router, but after going to http://192.168.1.1 and typing in admin then password, I get Login failed, please try again. I've reset the router by using the button on the back. Any other suggestion or password combo's out there that might work?

The password should be the serial number of the router. You can find it on a label on the router.

Originally Verizon used admin and password as the default after a reset, but someone created some hack documentation about how to get into many routers remotely that used the default login information, so Verizon changed the default password to be the serial number, thus making it unique for each router.

And don't be fooled by the extra characters displayed in the password field, that is just a lame method of hiding the password you are entering from the prying eyes of your spouse looking over your shoulder. Smiley Happy

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Anti-Phish1

@unc1998 wrote:
I've reset the router by using the button on the back.
If you've reset the router by pressing the button in the back, the router should prompt you for a new user name and password the first time you access it.
If you weren't prompted for a new user name and password, you probably did't hold the button in long enough. You need to hold it in until all the lights on the router go out (10-15 seconds).

JOSEm441

Sorry to revive a zombie thread. When I

try to login after resetting the modem as described I see this box. I use admin and the serial # Tyxxxxx and eventually am able to get in. Question is there a way to save the password (as I was able to do on a Westell 7500 or 6100) as I was able to do when I had DSL. Thanks in advance, Josea

Anti-Phish1

@JOSEm441 wrote:
Question is there a way to save the password (as I was able to do on a Westell 7500 or 6100) as I was able to do when I had DSL.
Whatever password you enter should be saved when you click OK.
If the password is not being saved, your router is bad.

JOSEm441

thanks a lot Anti-Phish, I was going nuts with this.. When the tech set it up he did not give me any manual(s) either. I did find it online eventually . Once I get this sorted, can you have more than 1 login to the router? (just curious)

squeekerd1

Please forgive me I've tried your suggestions and still can't log in. I double checked and I have a actiontec MI424WR. I've reset the router multiple times and used user = admin and password = password, password1, serial number, password on label Q$xxxxxx and still can't log-in. I assume the password is case sensitive. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Hubrisnxs

If you're doing the factory reset and not seeing this screen, then you aren't holding in the reset button long enough

squeekerd1

How long do you hold it in for? I held it for over a minute and nothing changed on the router until I released the button. When I hit the router again I just had the regular login.

CHRONOS86

I'm Also having trouble trying to do a factory reset, i hold the reset button for over a minute , i still dont get the new use name screen. and i cant figure out the default password/username .

JOSEm441

CHRONOS86, exactly which version of the modem do you have? with the Mi424WR Rev I; I do not see the screen mentioned above. I hold it for 10 seconds, then all lights go out, the lights come back on and the password is set to whatever the default was (on the label). No matter what version of modem you have, are you using a paper clip or something that is thin enough to enguage the reset button?

bgyllenhaal

I'm having this same issue. I've tried everything and now I'm starting to think I have a bad router. It's **bleep** me off!

TemporaryUser9

This may be a stupid question but, the serial number is below the bar code, right? and is the user name anything different?

viafax999

Wish somebody would mark this thread as solved so people don't keep resurrecting every year or so.

FCCzar

And how exactly does this cause a problem for you?

Teklen

My router had a Login Password listed on the sticker with all the router info. It was in the top left corner of the sticker with all the router info on it. After reset I had to use the Login Password printed on the router. Username: admin. Hope this helps.

kat441

I have the smae login issues with my Actiontec router. The only difference is that it is a Rev E. Can anyone help me log into the router? I want to make it a second access point and have found the steps to take if only I can login.

tns2

Default id/passwords on Actiontecs

The default id is "admin"

The default password on older models starts as "password" and used to be set by installers to "password1". At one point they started pushing out a password update to match the serial number, for those where password or password1 was detected, and the installers started doing the same during the installs.

Software on these during a reset (hold the recessed reset button on back for about 10 seconds) sets the password either back to "password" or sets no password but asks you on logon to set admin id and password.

Some later models with a software update started having the serial number used on a reset. The latest models have a password listed on the sticker. On a reset these should reset to that printed password.

Summary, particularly on a reset

If it asks you to, set a password.

If doesn't ask

Try the password on the sticker if listed
Try the Serial number
Try "password"
If not reset possibly its still "password1"

If nothing seems to work definitely do a RESET. Installers occasionally mistype the password during install.

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