default password wrong?

[lighting]

My backup RT-AC68R wouldn't boot up after a month or two sitting on the shelf, and I wound up going into Rescue Mode and re-installing the firmware. It appears to have been successful (after a few tries) and now comes up with the GUI login screen. But the default username and password don't work. admin/admin is what the ASUS user's manual says, and what I've always used... I tried both latest RMerlin and ASUS stock firmware, same thing. Anyone have an idea what's up? Hate to trash it for want of a password... Thanks!

 

[Grisu]

last User/PW could work

or make a factory reset, press WPS while power on and 20s longer, wait 5 min and press reset button 10s.
then try again admin/admin

 

[ColinTaylor]

There is no default password anymore (maybe there was a long time ago). When you do a factory default reset it forces you to set a password as part of the setup process. If you haven't reset the settings then the user/password will be the same as before.

 

[Grisu]

we dont know which firmware he restored, likely a very old one <32Mb!

 

[ColinTaylor]

we dont know which firmware he restored, likely a very old one <32Mb!

He said:

I tried both latest RMerlin and ASUS stock firmware, same thing.

 

[Grisu]

you're right, he hid it at the end of text, just failed to see it, sorry.

 

[lighting]

My old username/password worked. Seems strange to me after a "factory reset", but whatever... Thank you!

 

[ColinTaylor]

Glad to hear you got it working.

My old username/password worked. Seems strange to me after a "factory reset", but whatever... Thank you!

In your post you only said you reinstalled the firmware (which keeps all your settings). That's not the same as a factory reset.

 

[lighting]

Based on reading the ASUS manual... My understanding is that a Factory reset is what you get if you press the reset button. To get my unresponsive unit alive again I went into Rescue Mode, which involves holding the reset button while powering the unit on, and I then re-loaded firmware. I assumed you've done a factory reset in that process, though I suppose I didn't explicitly?? (Thanks!)

 

[ColinTaylor]

They are actually different things. Although it's not unreasonable to assume that the process of going into recovery mode might also clear NVRAM (aka a factory reset), that's not the case. The fact that both things make use of the reset button (albeit in different ways) doesn't help.

I suppose an analogy of recovery mode would be booting up your PC from a Windows install CD and reinstalling the OS over the top of your current installation. You fix your Windows OS but all your old documents are still there unchanged.