Long story short. I forgot the password and I cannot reset using 30/30/30 or 10s reset button procedure. I have no idea how the reset button got disabled. I never turned that feature on. It just does NOT reset.
I know the password could only be two normal passwords I normally use.. I just dont know the requirements for DDWRT passwords.
Joined: 16 Nov 2015 Posts: 6440 Location: UK, London, just across the river..
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:12 Post subject:
you didn't tell us, what router and current build, and this can narrow the window of opportunities to the most successful one, to get back to your router...
but yep this post sounds suspicious...and serial could be your option, as this will prove, you are the owner as serial requires a physical access...
otherwise there is one more option that saved my ass couple of times...ill leave you to find more about it ...tftp _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55630 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55723 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55819 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
Joined: 04 Aug 2018 Posts: 1447 Location: Appalachian mountains, USA
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2021 14:39 Post subject:
Suspicious indeed.
If it can only be one of two passwords, just try each. Nothing on this planet that requires a password will lock you out after getting it wrong once.
If your reset worked, you'll be back at the change-password screen of the default dd-wrt config. It won't be asking you for your old password; it will be asking for you to choose a new one. _________________ 2x Netgear XR500 and 3x Linksys WRT1900ACSv2 on 53544: VLANs, VAPs, NAS, station mode, OpenVPN client (AirVPN), wireguard server (AirVPN port forward) and clients (AzireVPN, AirVPN, private), 3 DNSCrypt providers via VPN.