Linksys admin password change with special character
I just changed my Linksys router (WRT110, latest firmware 1.0.07) password to one containing one special accented character (é in this occurence), among the 22 characters (all others lowercase alphabetical). I'm certain that the password is right, because I typed it in cleartext before and then pasted it into the fields.
The password change succeeded, but now I can't login anymore, and I want to avoid doing a reset.
I couldn't find any resource regarding special characters in Linksys admin passwords, or perhaps a length limit that I didn't notice. Could someone point me in the right direction / offer reasons as to why I can't login?
wireless-networking router passwords special-characters
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I just changed my Linksys router (WRT110, latest firmware 1.0.07) password to one containing one special accented character (é in this occurence), among the 22 characters (all others lowercase alphabetical). I'm certain that the password is right, because I typed it in cleartext before and then pasted it into the fields.
The password change succeeded, but now I can't login anymore, and I want to avoid doing a reset.
I couldn't find any resource regarding special characters in Linksys admin passwords, or perhaps a length limit that I didn't notice. Could someone point me in the right direction / offer reasons as to why I can't login?
wireless-networking router passwords special-characters
edited Feb 9 at 11:08
Hennes
59.3k793143
asked Dec 30 '13 at 0:47
LazloLazlo
105212
add a comment |
I just changed my Linksys router (WRT110, latest firmware 1.0.07) password to one containing one special accented character (é in this occurence), among the 22 characters (all others lowercase alphabetical). I'm certain that the password is right, because I typed it in cleartext before and then pasted it into the fields.
The password change succeeded, but now I can't login anymore, and I want to avoid doing a reset.
I couldn't find any resource regarding special characters in Linksys admin passwords, or perhaps a length limit that I didn't notice. Could someone point me in the right direction / offer reasons as to why I can't login?
wireless-networking router passwords special-characters
edited Feb 9 at 11:08
Hennes
59.3k793143
asked Dec 30 '13 at 0:47
LazloLazlo
105212
I just changed my Linksys router (WRT110, latest firmware 1.0.07) password to one containing one special accented character (é in this occurence), among the 22 characters (all others lowercase alphabetical). I'm certain that the password is right, because I typed it in cleartext before and then pasted it into the fields.
The password change succeeded, but now I can't login anymore, and I want to avoid doing a reset.
I couldn't find any resource regarding special characters in Linksys admin passwords, or perhaps a length limit that I didn't notice. Could someone point me in the right direction / offer reasons as to why I can't login?
wireless-networking router passwords special-characters
wireless-networking router passwords special-characters
edited Feb 9 at 11:08
Hennes
59.3k793143
asked Dec 30 '13 at 0:47
LazloLazlo
105212
edited Feb 9 at 11:08
Hennes
59.3k793143
asked Dec 30 '13 at 0:47
LazloLazlo
105212
edited Feb 9 at 11:08
Hennes
59.3k793143
edited Feb 9 at 11:08
Hennes
59.3k793143
edited Feb 9 at 11:08
Hennes
59.3k793143
59.3k793143
asked Dec 30 '13 at 0:47
LazloLazlo
105212
asked Dec 30 '13 at 0:47
LazloLazlo
105212
asked Dec 30 '13 at 0:47
LazloLazlo
105212
105212
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There are two possibilities I can think of:
The system sanitizes the strings to weed out special characters and this got either removed or converted to a normal letter (probably
e). Try logging in with both options.The character got scrambled ('mojibake') by the firmware. In this case, you would have to deliberately "corrupt" that character in the same way to find out what it was converted into.
edited Dec 31 '13 at 12:13
Jan Doggen
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answered Dec 30 '13 at 3:34
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I tried the password without theé, with aneinstead, withé,%E9and%e9. How else could it be scrambled?
– Lazlo
Dec 30 '13 at 3:56
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If you switch code pages it can be transformed into totally different symbols. I'm trying to find a utility to do so, but it appears to require programming. You might ask on the programmers' site if they know of a place/list of equivalents for é in different code pages.
– K.A
Dec 30 '13 at 4:36
@Lazlo - You might have to accept the only solution is to reset the device. I encourage you to learn from this mistake and backup the settings of your router. This way a reset isn't a problem.
– Ramhound
Dec 30 '13 at 12:24
2
An é can be typed as a single character (LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, Unicode: U+00E9) but also as (LATIN SMALL LETTER E, U+0065 +COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT, Unicode: U+0301). Some systems sanitise one form into the other. The end result is visually the same: é vs é.
– RikkusRukkus
Dec 31 '13 at 12:28
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There are two possibilities I can think of:
The system sanitizes the strings to weed out special characters and this got either removed or converted to a normal letter (probably
e). Try logging in with both options.The character got scrambled ('mojibake') by the firmware. In this case, you would have to deliberately "corrupt" that character in the same way to find out what it was converted into.
edited Dec 31 '13 at 12:13
Jan Doggen
3,14652742
answered Dec 30 '13 at 3:34
K.AK.A
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I tried the password without theé, with aneinstead, withé,%E9and%e9. How else could it be scrambled?
– Lazlo
Dec 30 '13 at 3:56
1
If you switch code pages it can be transformed into totally different symbols. I'm trying to find a utility to do so, but it appears to require programming. You might ask on the programmers' site if they know of a place/list of equivalents for é in different code pages.
– K.A
Dec 30 '13 at 4:36
@Lazlo - You might have to accept the only solution is to reset the device. I encourage you to learn from this mistake and backup the settings of your router. This way a reset isn't a problem.
– Ramhound
Dec 30 '13 at 12:24
2
An é can be typed as a single character (LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, Unicode: U+00E9) but also as (LATIN SMALL LETTER E, U+0065 +COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT, Unicode: U+0301). Some systems sanitise one form into the other. The end result is visually the same: é vs é.
– RikkusRukkus
Dec 31 '13 at 12:28
add a comment |
There are two possibilities I can think of:
The system sanitizes the strings to weed out special characters and this got either removed or converted to a normal letter (probably
e). Try logging in with both options.The character got scrambled ('mojibake') by the firmware. In this case, you would have to deliberately "corrupt" that character in the same way to find out what it was converted into.
edited Dec 31 '13 at 12:13
Jan Doggen
3,14652742
answered Dec 30 '13 at 3:34
K.AK.A
5,41221132
I tried the password without theé, with aneinstead, withé,%E9and%e9. How else could it be scrambled?
– Lazlo
Dec 30 '13 at 3:56
1
If you switch code pages it can be transformed into totally different symbols. I'm trying to find a utility to do so, but it appears to require programming. You might ask on the programmers' site if they know of a place/list of equivalents for é in different code pages.
– K.A
Dec 30 '13 at 4:36
@Lazlo - You might have to accept the only solution is to reset the device. I encourage you to learn from this mistake and backup the settings of your router. This way a reset isn't a problem.
– Ramhound
Dec 30 '13 at 12:24
2
An é can be typed as a single character (LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, Unicode: U+00E9) but also as (LATIN SMALL LETTER E, U+0065 +COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT, Unicode: U+0301). Some systems sanitise one form into the other. The end result is visually the same: é vs é.
– RikkusRukkus
Dec 31 '13 at 12:28
add a comment |
There are two possibilities I can think of:
The system sanitizes the strings to weed out special characters and this got either removed or converted to a normal letter (probably
e). Try logging in with both options.The character got scrambled ('mojibake') by the firmware. In this case, you would have to deliberately "corrupt" that character in the same way to find out what it was converted into.
edited Dec 31 '13 at 12:13
Jan Doggen
3,14652742
answered Dec 30 '13 at 3:34
K.AK.A
5,41221132
There are two possibilities I can think of:
The system sanitizes the strings to weed out special characters and this got either removed or converted to a normal letter (probably
e). Try logging in with both options.The character got scrambled ('mojibake') by the firmware. In this case, you would have to deliberately "corrupt" that character in the same way to find out what it was converted into.
edited Dec 31 '13 at 12:13
Jan Doggen
3,14652742
answered Dec 30 '13 at 3:34
K.AK.A
5,41221132
edited Dec 31 '13 at 12:13
Jan Doggen
3,14652742
edited Dec 31 '13 at 12:13
Jan Doggen
3,14652742
edited Dec 31 '13 at 12:13
Jan Doggen
3,14652742
3,14652742
answered Dec 30 '13 at 3:34
K.AK.A
5,41221132
answered Dec 30 '13 at 3:34
K.AK.A
5,41221132
answered Dec 30 '13 at 3:34
K.AK.A
5,41221132
5,41221132
I tried the password without theé, with aneinstead, withé,%E9and%e9. How else could it be scrambled?
– Lazlo
Dec 30 '13 at 3:56
1
If you switch code pages it can be transformed into totally different symbols. I'm trying to find a utility to do so, but it appears to require programming. You might ask on the programmers' site if they know of a place/list of equivalents for é in different code pages.
– K.A
Dec 30 '13 at 4:36
@Lazlo - You might have to accept the only solution is to reset the device. I encourage you to learn from this mistake and backup the settings of your router. This way a reset isn't a problem.
– Ramhound
Dec 30 '13 at 12:24
2
An é can be typed as a single character (LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, Unicode: U+00E9) but also as (LATIN SMALL LETTER E, U+0065 +COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT, Unicode: U+0301). Some systems sanitise one form into the other. The end result is visually the same: é vs é.
– RikkusRukkus
Dec 31 '13 at 12:28
add a comment |
I tried the password without theé, with aneinstead, withé,%E9and%e9. How else could it be scrambled?
– Lazlo
Dec 30 '13 at 3:56
1
If you switch code pages it can be transformed into totally different symbols. I'm trying to find a utility to do so, but it appears to require programming. You might ask on the programmers' site if they know of a place/list of equivalents for é in different code pages.
– K.A
Dec 30 '13 at 4:36
@Lazlo - You might have to accept the only solution is to reset the device. I encourage you to learn from this mistake and backup the settings of your router. This way a reset isn't a problem.
– Ramhound
Dec 30 '13 at 12:24
2
An é can be typed as a single character (LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, Unicode: U+00E9) but also as (LATIN SMALL LETTER E, U+0065 +COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT, Unicode: U+0301). Some systems sanitise one form into the other. The end result is visually the same: é vs é.
– RikkusRukkus
Dec 31 '13 at 12:28
I tried the password without the
é, with an e instead, with é, %E9 and %e9. How else could it be scrambled?– Lazlo
Dec 30 '13 at 3:56
I tried the password without the
é, with an e instead, with é, %E9 and %e9. How else could it be scrambled?– Lazlo
Dec 30 '13 at 3:56
1
1
If you switch code pages it can be transformed into totally different symbols. I'm trying to find a utility to do so, but it appears to require programming. You might ask on the programmers' site if they know of a place/list of equivalents for é in different code pages.
– K.A
Dec 30 '13 at 4:36
If you switch code pages it can be transformed into totally different symbols. I'm trying to find a utility to do so, but it appears to require programming. You might ask on the programmers' site if they know of a place/list of equivalents for é in different code pages.
– K.A
Dec 30 '13 at 4:36
@Lazlo - You might have to accept the only solution is to reset the device. I encourage you to learn from this mistake and backup the settings of your router. This way a reset isn't a problem.
– Ramhound
Dec 30 '13 at 12:24
@Lazlo - You might have to accept the only solution is to reset the device. I encourage you to learn from this mistake and backup the settings of your router. This way a reset isn't a problem.
– Ramhound
Dec 30 '13 at 12:24
2
2
An é can be typed as a single character (
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, Unicode: U+00E9) but also as (LATIN SMALL LETTER E, U+0065 + COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT, Unicode: U+0301). Some systems sanitise one form into the other. The end result is visually the same: é vs é.– RikkusRukkus
Dec 31 '13 at 12:28
An é can be typed as a single character (
LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE, Unicode: U+00E9) but also as (LATIN SMALL LETTER E, U+0065 + COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT, Unicode: U+0301). Some systems sanitise one form into the other. The end result is visually the same: é vs é.– RikkusRukkus
Dec 31 '13 at 12:28
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