Network routers are managed through a special administrative account. As part of the router manufacturing process, vendors set a default username and default password for this account that apply to all units of a particular model. These defaults are public knowledge and known to anyone who can perform a basic Web search.
Getting Started
You should immediately change the router's administrative password after installing it. This increases the security of a home network. It doesn't by itself protect the router from Internet hackers, but it can prevent nosy neighbors, friends of your children, or other household guests from disrupting your home network (or worse).
These pages walk through the steps to change the default password on a common Linksys network router. The exact steps will vary depending on the specific model of the router in use, but the process is similar in any case. It only takes about one minute.
Log in to the Network Router
Log in to the router's administrative console (Web interface) through a Web browser using the current password and username. If unsure how to find your router's address, we can help you figure out what the IP address of your router is.
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Linksys routers typically can be reached at Web address http://192.168.1.1/. Many Linksys routers do not require any special username (you can leave blank or enter any name in that field). In the password field, enter admin or the equivalent password for your router. When successfully logged in, you should see a screen like that shown.
Navigate to the Router's Change Password Page
In the router's administrative console, navigate to the page where its password setting can be changed. In this example, the Administration tab at the top of the screen contains the Linksys router's password setting. (Other routers may keep this setting under Security menus or other locations.) Click the Administration button to open this page as shown.
Choose and Enter a New Password
Choose a suitable password based on common guidelines for strong password security (for a refresher, there are five steps to a good password). Enter the new password in the Password box, and re-enter the same password a second time in the space provided. Most (not all) routers require entering the password a second time to ensure the administrator did not accidentally mistype their password the first time.
The location of these fields on the WRK54G console is shown. This router intentionally hides the characters (replaces them with dots) as they are being typed as an added security feature in case other people besides the administrator are watching the screen. (The administrator should also ensure other people are not looking at the keyboard when typing in the new password.)
The location of these fields on the WRK54G console is shown. This router intentionally hides the characters (replaces them with dots) as they are being typed as an added security feature in case other people besides the administrator are watching the screen. (The administrator should also ensure other people are not looking at the keyboard when typing in the new password.)
Do not confuse this password with the separate settings for WPA2 or another wireless key. Wi-Fi client devices use wireless security keys to make protected connections to the router; only humans use the administrator password to connect. Administrators should avoid using the key as the administrative password even if their router allows it.
Save the New Password
The password change is not applied to the router until you save or confirm it. In this example, click the Save Settings button at the bottom of the page to have the new password take effect. You may see a confirmation window appear briefly to confirm the password change was made successfully. The new password takes effect immediately; rebooting the router is not required.
Windows Sleep Problems
Ever since I first installed Windows 10 on my computer, there has been one niggling, recurring problem– it won’t go to sleep! By searching various forums on the internet and spending countless hours with search engines, I have over time “fixed” this annoyance several times, but it keeps coming back to pester me some more like an itch you can’t quite reach.
The biggest problem is that once I got it “fixed”, it would work long enough that when the situation happened again, I had long forgotten how I “fixed” it and would have to return to the mundane task of drilling through forums and search engines. Arghhh!
Well, it happened again about a week ago and this time I was determined to fix it, for sure, forever, this time around.
The title of this article contains the word “Solved”. This must be taken with a grain of salt. What works for me, on my computer, may or may not work for you on your computer. So-called identical computers are not truly identical. Just as identical twins have differing opinions, tastes and desires, so too, it would seem, do computers.
Why Windows Won’t Sleep
To be able to fix anything, you first must know what the problem is. Here is what I did:
- I opened an Administrative Command Prompt. To do so, use the Windows Key + X hotkey and choose Command Prompt (Admin)
- In the Command Box, type powercfg /energy and hit Enter
This will run in the background for about one minute. When it has finished, there should be some results shown:
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- Open that file and you should see something like this:
Your results will most likely be different. In my case, it was a Realtek sound driver leading to pulling hair out. This has caused grief in the past, and I have “fixed” this problem before by installing new drivers. Doing that solved the problem, but only temporarily. This time, things were going to be different!
Giving Windows Sleeping Pills
My final act was to uninstall the offending Realtek sound drivers and, heaven help me, let Windows install its own generic Microsoft (MS) sound drivers instead. Believe me when I tell you this is, for me, a desperate act. I never use dedicated Device Drivers from MS unless there is no way around it. The reason is that Microsoft’s drivers are oftentimes outdated and they hardly ever provide all the bells and whistles the original manufacturer’s drivers do.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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Using my favorite hotkey, Windows Key + X, I chose Device Manager from the menu
As you can plainly see in the above image, Realtek is nowhere to be found.
- In Device Manager, Double-click on the driver you want to Disable or Uninstall
- In the Properties Sheet that opens, choose the Driver Tab
- Click the button labeled either Disable, or Uninstall (depending on what you want to do, of course)
- Respond to the Frantic Warning Message in a positive way (read: click OK)
Note: If you really want to get rid of everything related to the driver, then check that little box to delete the driver software. Uninstalling a Device is not the same as getting rid of the software that drives it.
If you have chosen to uninstall a driver, it might be a good idea to re-boot your computer. This will guarantee that Windows will replace the driver with one of its own.
Confusing Conclusion
I have no idea whatsoever why a sound driver would have anything to do with Windows sleeping. It makes no sense to me. All I know is that eliminating it works for me. In this particular case one would have to choose between an ill-behaved Windows going tuck-tuck when it is supposed to, or having a more controllable sound system.
My biggest source of frustration with Windows 10 is that it misbehaves in simplistic ways that its predecessors did not. I see it as taking one step forward and two steps back. I wish Microsoft would get all the basic stuff working before embarking on huge new “improvements”. Don’t you?
Richard
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