It usually doesn't matter whether the user has changed the default password or not: remote administration options are disabled by default. If someone has local access, they can usually just walk up to the router and reset it anyway.
I think I know why nobody really does this for consumer devices. From the perspective of a former manufacturing floorperson/warehouser:Q: What happens when a labeling machine skips or double-stickers a box?A: Assuming the error was caught on the production floor, stop production and correct the error. Downtime will be minimal, hours at the most. If the error made it to QA, hold all on-floor production. Track back, piece by piece, until the problem part is found. If no defect is found on floor, perform a rework of all in-house product, probably involving a third party company. Track back to where the error occurred, implement a fix.The cost of something like this, even at the lowest level, can be tens of thousands of dollars, for a company with less than 100 employees. And my experience is with 20-cent plastic parts, I shudder at the thought of the cost of downtime for expensive electronic equipment. Even if you were to design a perfectly foolproof (and fast enough, you can never forget that speed is critical in mass production) method for ensuring that all serial numbers and password stickers matched, there would have to be humans doing certain things where they could destroy your process.I would be honestly amazed if some company made a consumer device with a unique password out-of-the-box. Except combination locks, of course. That's just 3 notches on a set of tumblers.
I got pass the default password but now its asking for a address. where am I suppose to get this address. is it my mac or ip address there asking for.& If this is true cant they track me down by my address.
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madhahaDec 13, 2006
It usually doesn't matter whether the user has changed the default password or not: remote administration options are disabled by default. If someone has local access, they can usually just walk up to the router and reset it anyway.
johnnybluejeansDec 13, 2006
Oh damn! You got into BIOS?!!? And then what?! Did you change the boot order of the drives or something 1337 like that??
madhahaDec 14, 2006
Correction: router not modem. Edit expired :(
unitedstatiansDec 14, 2006
you can add it to your: my #1
jake2Dec 14, 2006
No UK-specific brands here, such as BT, which is a bit of a shame. *continues to sadly use own WiFi*
sniperxDec 14, 2006
This list has proven to be indispensable in my years as an IT Consultant, definitely something you want downloaded to your thumbdrive.
joerodDec 14, 2006
@ Lasker I actually war drive all the time, I love doing it even more when I'm in another state or country.
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sn00zeMar 23, 2011
you can do a password lookup on this page:
http://urbanwireless.info/default-router-passwords