Can't enter password in Wireless Router web page

[PaulAndMuttley]

I opened my wireless router web page at http://192.168.1.1/ and it has fields for user name and password. I can enter my usert name with no problem, but as soon as I enter anything in the password field it shows extra characters and it always fails. I even copied and pasted my password in the field but it still added extra characters and I could not do anything else except close the page.

[Justin46]

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@PaulAndMuttley wrote:

I opened my wireless router web page at http://192.168.1.1/ and it has fields for user name and password. I can enter my usert name with no problem, but as soon as I enter anything in the password field it shows extra characters and it always fails. I even copied and pasted my password in the field but it still added extra characters and I could not do anything else except close the page.

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Search is your friend Just search here for "router" and "password" and you will find many posts on this very subject, with the answer to your question.

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Justin
Verizon FiOS TV, Internet, and phone
QIP6416-P1, IMG 1.7.1, Build 09.97
Keller, TX 76248

[PaulAndMuttley · Accepted solution]

Some of the posts were helpful, but what I really needed to do was a hardware reset of the router, so I could get to the default setup page when I clicked on the link. I was surprised that I had to do this because I had powered down the router overnight and at one point I also did a hardware reset, but maybe I didn't wait the full 10 seconds. I actually found my installation guide and it showed what to do.

There was no mention of a username of "admin" or default password of "password" or "password1".

Also I am still puzzled why entering the password sometimes causes two or three extra characters and sometimes the key deletes some characters. I read that this is normal but I've never seen it before. Is this some new security measure?

[viafax999]

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@PaulAndMuttley wrote:

Some of the posts were helpful, but what I really needed to do was a hardware reset of the router, so I could get to the default setup page when I clicked on the link. I was surprised that I had to do this because I had powered down the router overnight and at one point I also did a hardware reset, but maybe I didn't wait the full 10 seconds. I actually found my installation guide and it showed what to do.

There was no mention of a username of "admin" or default password of "password" or "password1".

Also I am still puzzled why entering the password sometimes causes two or three extra characters and sometimes the key deletes some characters. I read that this is normal but I've never seen it before. Is this some new security measure?

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the default userid is admin, the default password is password so after a reset to factory settings that is what they will be. 

The installer typically changes the password to password1

The extra characters are a simplistic approach ty try and hide from an over the shoulder viewer how many characters are in your password.  It always adds extra asterisks, just igonre them.

[lojano]

i dont now the password for i could us at my wireless phone