In addition to requiring a password, this router uses the default usernameadmin.

The defaultIP addressused to jump into the router is192.168.1.1; this is a commondefault address among Linksys routers.

This machine’s model number is EA2700, but it also is marketed as the Linksys N600 router.

Picture of a Linksys EA2700 N600 wireless router

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Which Hardware Version Do You Have?

Some routers come in two or morehardwareorfirmwareversions, each with different default login information.

However, the EA2700 is available in only one version and therefore uses only one set of credentials.

Linksys EA2700 N600 support page

If you don’t see a version number on your router, you might assume it’s Version 1.

A reset is not the same as a restart.

A reset, however, returns your router to its factory default prefs.

The Ethernet port lights on the back will flash simultaneously to show that the router is resetting.

Wait 1530 seconds for the equipment to power back on fully.

with theadminusername and password athttp://192.168.1.1.

Be sure tochange the router passwordto something more secure.

Adding back in all the customizations you made to your router after resetting them can be a tedious process.

To back up your controls, go toRouter controls>Troubleshooting>Diagnosticsat 192.168.1.1.

Page 55 in the product manual provides more details on this process.

That’s probably why you could’t access it.

Instead of resetting the router, simplyfind the default gateway of a computerconnected to the router.