Default Tomato Username/Password after upgrading from DD WRT
So the other day I was making my usual password changing rounds on my accounts and devices. One of the things that I do change regularly is my password for DD-WRT. Somehow I changed it and could no longer access the device. Alas, I did have SSH enabled and it let me log in using the original password that I had setup. $ telnet 192.168.1.1 DD-WRT login: root Password: The login is always root, regardless of what username you configured, while the password is your real password that you created. Type exit to close the telnet session. Telnet is all right while you get acquainted with DD-WRT, but because telnet is completely insecure you must disable it on a The router name is WRT54G and not DD-WRT (this is not the previous name) The SSID is Linksys and not DD-WRT (This is not the previous ssid) The root:admin login works in telnet, just not in http Old password does not work This is all on DD-WRT V23 SP2 (8/30/06) on a Motorola WR850GV2 Thank you for any help you can provide. Oct 05, 2008 · Telnet to it (192.168.1.1, port 9000) after it has finish resetting. Default server: 192.168.1.2 DD-WRT> fis init The default username and password are This thread regarded changing/resetting password (and GUI user) when already logged in to telnet (or ssh). There are cases where GUI login stops working but telnet/ssh is fine. If you can't log in to telnet/ssh nor GUI, then you have to reset; reset button should suffice - hold until the lights change (~10-30s).
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A: The default username / password combination is “root” / “admin”. Q: I did forget the password I did set, what can I do to access the router’s control panel? A: The only way to re-access your router is resetting it to factory defaults. We'll need to set that after we login. Log in with the username of root and leave the password field empty. Note: If you have installed a “tiny” build or a “snapshot” build, LuCI web interface will likely not be present and you will need to use ssh to log in as root@192.168.1.1 (telnet is no longer supported by OpenWrt-project builds) Logged in to telnet with default 'root' and 'admin' Changed password with the 'setuserpasswd [username] [password]' Entered 'reboot' Came back up and remembered the new password through telnet! Just to make sure, I logged into the web gui with the new password, selected the reboot router in the administration page.