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packman

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7. I hope you had a strong password on your router

Reply to Baitball Blogger (Reply #6)

Tue Feb 28, 2017, 12:33 PM

Feb 2017

Most people don't know that routers come with a factory password of "Admin" and user name of "Admin" built in (Administer). Many people don't bother setting their own password or user name and it is very easy to hijack a router and gain access to one's wireless setup.

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I may have let in a malicious file. [View all] Baitball Blogger Feb 2017 OP

Hard to know from what you siad. JayhawkSD Feb 2017 #1

Mea Culpa. Baitball Blogger Feb 2017 #2

Where did it say - OhZone Feb 2017 #3

I checked. If I'm connecting to someone elses wireless, they are either on some invisible mode, Baitball Blogger Feb 2017 #4

Restore date? Can you go back to a previous "good" setting? packman Feb 2017 #5

I'll update my router search program to see if there is one in the area. Baitball Blogger Feb 2017 #6

I hope you had a strong password on your router packman Feb 2017 #7

Password protected Baitball Blogger Feb 2017 #8