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May 17, 2023 · Newer models might have pseudo-random passwords. In both cases, the password is almost always printed directly on the label attached to the router. As such, it's best to change the default password to something new to ensure access to your router isn't as simple as trying a common combination or just reading the login right off the router body.
- Jason Fitzpatrick
- Editor-In-Chief
Sep 1, 2022 · Even if the default SSID password on your router is truly random, each manufacturer uses a particular style of password for any given product line (and sometimes for their entire product line). For example, there are hundreds of thousands of older TP-Link routers where the default random SSID password is simply an 8-digit string.
- Jason Fitzpatrick
- Editor-In-Chief
Many routers include default Wi-Fi password(s). In some cases, the default passwords look like they were randomly chosen. Do not trust this. Always pick new passwords. Perhaps the passwords were generated using a formula that someone has figured out. Perhaps employees of the company that made the router have access to all the passwords.
May 18, 2019 · A lot of ISPs these days are providing combination router/modem units, and they come with a pre-configured password that is a random string of letters and numbers, such as 1kd94nc9. Are these passwords reasonably secure, or should the end user change it to their own custom password (ignoring the fact that these can be hard for someone to remember)?
Apr 13, 2018 · Some newer routers don't expect their users to know all this -- they come with randomized administrative passwords or network names, or force you to change the default administrative password when ...
- Paul Wagenseil
Nov 24, 2022 · In most cases, a brand-new Wi-Fi router will come out of the box with a very simple factory-default admin password like, well, "admin" or "password." And if you don't change that admin password ...
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Dec 1, 2016 · For years, router manufacturers shipped routers with poorly configured Wi-Fi and/or default passwords enabled. Now, they're finally starting to ship routers with the highest level of Wi-Fi encryption enabled and a randomized password set (so even if new users don't know what they're doing or fail to look up a list like this one, they're still protected).
