<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">My Google-fu turned up a note about the web interface only working with IE, maybe that's an issue?<div><br></div><div>Many Netgear devices have pinholes that expose switches inside the unit you depress with a paper clip on power up to reset, does this unit have an unlabeled hole on the case?</div><div><br></div><div>Have you opened the unit up to look for a jumper on the circuit board to possibly reset/wipe a configuration?</div><div><br></div><div>Have you seen this:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://archive.org/details/manuallib-id-2494428/page/58/mode/1up">https://archive.org/details/manuallib-id-2494428/page/58/mode/1up</a></div><div><br></div><div>Appendix B describes how to access a startup menu that includes a password reset function on page 58 of the 77 page PDF. This is different than the console menu described on page 9 of the above PDF.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps,</div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Ken</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 2, 2024, at 10:58, Mouse via rescue <rescue@sunhelp.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>I've got a Linksys SRW2008, which is an 8-port managed switch, now long</span><br><span>discontinued by Links^WCisco. (It's old enough the front panel calls</span><br><span>out gigabit support as a significant feature.)</span><br><span></span><br><span>It seems to boot OK. But I haven't found a username/password that</span><br><span>works. What I've managed to find says that the default username is</span><br><span>admin; different sources disagree on whether the password is</span><br><span>zero-length or also admin. Neither one works.</span><br><span></span><br><span>I've found indications that the answer is to factory-reset it. But</span><br><span>I've been unable to find out how; all the ways to factory-reset it that</span><br><span>I've found involve logging in first. Anyone happen to know the magic</span><br><span>incantation? I have trouble believing that it was designed with the</span><br><span>answer to "how do I recover from a lost admin password?" being "send it</span><br><span>back to us".</span><br><span></span><br><span>/~\ The ASCII Mouse</span><br><span>\ / Ribbon Campaign</span><br><span> X Against HTML mouse@rodents-montreal.org</span><br><span>/ \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B</span><br><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>rescue list - http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>