Setting Up a Linksys Admin Router

If you have just purchased a Linksys wirelessmodel.
router, you will need to fully install it into your• If you have the Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL
home or your place of business before you canEthernet router, the admin will simply be
begin to network or use it. One of the things youAdministrator.
will need to do when installing your router is to• If you have the Linksys BEFW11S4 or the
enter your Linksys Admin codes. Because youLinksys WRT54G, then the code will simply be
need to ensure your overall security with youradmin. These two do not have any password
device, it is important that you find this code andassociated with them when they are new.
keep it in a secure place.• If you have the Linksys Comcast routers,
What Is It?then the admin user name will be Comcast and
The Linksys admin is a code that allows you tothe password for this router will be 1234.
get into your administrator account. This accountHowever, if you have a different make or model
should be maintained by the person or peoplethan is listed here, you will need to use the
who will be responsible for keeping the networkinformation provided to you when you purchased
working properly. In most situations, it is rarelythe device. You can call customer service if you
needed besides the first time, when you set uphave forgotten this information.
your network.Once you have physically installed the Linksys
At that time, you be prompted to log into thewireless router into your computer and Internet
router as the administrator. In most situations,connection, you will need to enter the Linksys
you will have the default administrator code inadmin information into the system. Then, you will
place at this time, as long as you purchased thebe taken through a setup process that allows you
unit new and from the company directly. It willto choose which devices in the home or office
have a user name as well as a password that areyou wish to link together in your network. If you
set at the factory that the router was made at.decide to, you can change the user name and
The default login for the Linksys wireless router,password if you would like. However, this is not
either the Linksys wireless broadband router orrequired.
the DSL router will be specific to the make and