Send them to Walmart and buy something to replace it. There just isn't much
else to do on a Sunday when the company is closed.

Gibson Prichard
Nashville, TN
[email protected]

On Sun, Aug 28, 2016 at 2:21 AM, Paul Boniol <[email protected]> wrote:

> Not Linux specific, but I've never seen anything quite like this.
>
> Parents wifi router was provided by NCTC cable TV.  Router is a Comtrend
> AR=5381u. (This is actually an ADSL router but they plugged the Ethernet
> cable into port 4.  So appears to just be used just for a wifi router.)
>
> The installer had customized it before they fully moved in a couple of
> years ago, so it had always been SSID of "Boniol Wifi" since they got there.
>
> They were having internet problems, so my sister tried pressing the reset
> button on the router...
>
> It reset to have an SSID of NCTCWIFIxxxx.  There is no sticker on the
> router saying what the password is.  So I figured okay, connect via wired
> connection and go through the browser setup.  Nope.  It is set for
> pass-through, not doing DHCP.  Router doesn't appear to have an IP.  (So it
> appears to have some sort of customized firmware.)
>
> Later found out NCTC service is down in the area, so internet wouldn't
> work even if the wifi were configured as before.
>
> I can't find any setup program for the router.  I found a manual for an
> old version, which used to have a USB-B connection for configuration via
> computer-USB, BUT this is a more modern version that doesn't have that port.
>
> NCTC won't be open until Monday.  Even then I'm not sure what they could
> do remotely if anything since there isn't a password sticker.
>
> Any ideas on getting in to configure the router again?  Or figuring out
> the password?
>
> Thanks!
> Paul Boniol
>
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