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I want to know the password of my router.

The default username and pass isn't working.

I've read this thread i forgot my wireless router password. what do i do . . however it tells me to reset the router (I do not wish to reset the router to factory settings)

This is my router: Linksys Wireless-N Home Router WRT120N

I'm thinking there's some way we could get the password (or bypass the need to) that we need to enter 192.168.1.1?

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While such a program is easy to write (if its not out there already) 1) it would in all probability take a really long time, and 2) why should we help you break into a router? – soandos Jun 28 '11 at 14:02
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A way to brute force in your router could be used from everywhere and to hack all similar router protections... so even if there is a way, I think you shouldn't get it here! Obs: -1 for the above reason – laurent Jun 28 '11 at 14:04
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Not at all relevant. I am not not answering your question because its you. I have nothing against you. Its your question that I think does not deserve an answer here. In addition I think this meta page is more on point. – soandos Jun 28 '11 at 15:10
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You are asking for a backdoor/crack into a router admitting (at least in the earlier versions) that it was against the wishes of the owner. I think some people find that objectionable. – soandos Jun 28 '11 at 17:57
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Put simply, while in general a way to break into routers would make me uneasy, as it is easy for it too be used unethically, to say how to do it in a way that the person who set the password would not know would seem "too close" for lack of better words to having no ethical grounds. I do not know reasons why you need to do this, and you are correct in saying that I have no right/need to know. But the post on meta that I quoted basically gave me my reason. It seems (at least to me) to fall under the "Enough information to determine ethics" catagory, and not in the "it is OK way." Sorry. – soandos Jun 28 '11 at 19:09
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You can try the wifi network backup manager to backup your wifi data , it stores it in xml format . Open the file , it might have the passowrd , though i am not sure if this would work . Please update here if it works .
Alternatively you can check the saved passwords of the browser that you father uses to check if the password is stored there.
All other ways that come to my mind are not ethical ;)

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the wifi network backup manager does not store the router password (the link at 192.168.1.1) but rather the network password.. what i wanted is the router password. heys you can share any unethical methods since it's fully ethical. by right that's my router you see – Pacerier Jun 28 '11 at 14:58
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@Pacerier i understand that the router is in your home but this forum is not meant for discussing any hacking/cracking stuff – Shakehar Jun 28 '11 at 17:35
then may you explain the 13 upvotes to a hacking related question at superuser.com/questions/282079/… and the 26 upvotes to the answer which followed? – Pacerier Jun 28 '11 at 18:45
thats more of a security related question , you should have guessed it by the 10 down votes you got for this thread – Shakehar Jun 28 '11 at 19:38
@Shark that's my point. it's attack on the user than the question itself. – Pacerier Jun 29 '11 at 9:24
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None that I know of. Your father may have been the one to set the password, and if so, if you change it, even by resetting it, he is going to know.

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Look into brute force attacking. That is the longest but apparently most successful way to get through, assuming they haven't used a long random combination of letters, numbers and symbols (Like administrators should, but don't more often than not).

So in short, just reset it and start from scratch.

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My reset button doesn't seems to work and I am not who configured my router... Having connection by cable (physical access) to the router should be enough argument to assume your computer is managing the web...

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