Forgot the Router Login Password? Reset Password

Most modern routers allow you to backup the configuration of the router into a file, and then restore the configuration from the file when it's needed.

The backup file of the router usually contains important data like your ISP user name/password, the login password of the router, and wireless network keys.

Router backup files can be loaded into the software program which will automatically discover and display the login information if the router is supported.

If RouterPassView manage to detect and decrypt your router file, you should get a list of passwords/wireless keys in the main window of RouterPassView. If RouterPassView cannot detect your file, it’ll remain empty.

If you lost one of these password/keys, but you still have a backup file of your router configuration, RouterPassView might help you to recover your lost password from your router file, Router Pass View has been designed to extract the login information found in router configuration backups. The portable software program supports a limited number of routers with the promise to add additional routers in the future.

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System Requirements:

• This utility works on any version of Windows, starting from Windows 2000 and up to Windows 7.
• RouterPassView supports limited number of router models. See below.  

Supported Models:

• Version 1.46:

Added generic support for xml files with Base64 encoding, like in TP-Link TD-W8960N router.

• Version 1.45:

Added generic support for simple XOR/Add encryption. (Works on HuaWei-3Com Aolynk BR104 and probably other routers)

The Find dialog-box now also works on the text modes.

• Version 1.42:

Added support for HuaWei HG526.

The opened router filename is now displayed in the window title.

• Version 1.41:

Added support for D-Link DIR-600 (Only in Ascii text mode)

• Version 1.40:

Added support for D-Link DI-524 (firmware versions 2.x and 3.x), D-Link DI-624+A, and other routers with DLB6061 / DLB6031 signature.

• Version 1.39:

Fixed a bug with decryption of Asus routers (Asus RT-N10+, Asus RT-N56U, and others)

• Version 1.38:

Added support for Asus RT-N10+ , and possibly other routers with the same encryption.

• Version 1.37:

Added support for HuaWei EchoLife HG520 (In Ascii Text Mode), and possibly other routers with the same encryption.

• Version 1.36:

Added support for D-Link DIR-615 G2.

• Version 1.35:

Added support for TP-LINK TL-WR700N, advanced versions of TL-WR340G, and probably other TP-LINK routers.

• Version 1.33:

Imporved (again) the detection of Edimax routers.

• Version 1.32:

Added support for multiple TP-LINK routers, including TL-WR841N, TL-WR841DN, TL-MR342, 

TL-WR340G, TL-R460, and probably other models.

• Version 1.31:

Added support for decrypting the passwords of Linksys/Cisco RV042.

• Version 1.30:

Imporved the detection of Edimax routers.

• Version 1.29:

Added 'Open Router Web Interface' option (Ctrl+W), which allows you to easily open the Web interface of your router with your default Web browser.

•  Version 1.28:

Added support for more NETGEAR router models.

• Version 1.27:

Added generic support (in Hex Dump mode) for router files that are encrypted with XOR 0xff, like Thomson TG580 DSL.

• Version 1.26:

Added 'Copy Password/Value' option to easily copy only the password or wireless key into the clipboard.

•  Version 1.25:

Added support for D-Link DSL-604T and other models that their config file begins with LMMC signature.

Added generic support for router files that are compressed with Deflate compression algorithm. (only on Ascii and Hex Dump modes)

•  Version 1.20:

Added /sascii command-line option - Save the decrypted router file as Ascii text file.

Added /shex command-line option - Save the decrypted router file as hex-dump text file.

Added /sraw command-line option - Save the decrypted router file as raw binary file.

• Version 1.16:

Added support for other versions of Edimax router file - currently only in Hex Dump mode.

When you open a file that RouterPassView can decrypt, but it cannot locate the exact passwords location, it'll automatically switch to Hex Dump mode, so you'll be able to try locating the password in the decrypted Hex Dump.

• Version 1.15:

Added command-line support.

Fixed issue: Removed the wrong encoding from the xml string, which caused problems to some xml viewers.

• Version 1.10:

Added 'Grab Password From IE Window' option - Allows you to open the router configuration interface in Internet Explorer, and then grab the password stored inside the password text-box of the router Web page.

• Version 1.05:

Added support for D-Link DIR-300, and possibly similar models.

• Version 1.04:

Added support for Sitecom WL-351, and possibly other models.

• Version 1.03:

        Fixed bug: user names of D-Link routers were wrong.

• Version 1.02:

Added support for D-Link DIR-655, and possibly other models (with gateway_settings.gws filename)

Added support for Sanex SA 5100, and possibly other models.

Fixed bug: Copy to clipboard (Ctrl+C) was disabled in text mode.

• Version 1.01:

Added support for Tomato firmware.

Added the password of 'support' user for D-Link DSL-2540U and possibly other routers.

• Version 1.00 - First release.  

If nothing displays in the interface if the software can’t decrypt the information. It is possible to switch to Ascii Text Mode (F3) or Hex Dump Text Mode (F4) if the information are not displayed correctly.

The information can be saved and HTML reports can be created.

Router Pass View can be downloaded from the Nirsoft website. The program is compatible with Windows operating systems from Windows 2000 to Windows 7 as descussed earlier.

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