2Wire Default Router Passwords
This page lists 2 confirmed default credentials for 2Wire equipment, covering 2 models. The pairing you are most likely to need is 2Wire with Wireless.
Entries are reachable over http. 1 of these entries use a protocol that sends the password in clear text, so use them on a trusted network and change the password once you are in.
2WireWireless| Model | Protocol | Access | Username | Password |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALL WIFI ROUTERS | HTTP | Admin | leave blank | Wireless |
| HOMEPORTAL Rev. SBC YAHOO! DSL | — | — | 2Wire | no password set |
About 2Wire
2Wire made the HomePortal and i38HG gateways distributed by AT&T and BT, and was bought by Pace in 2010.
Reaching the login page
The admin page on most 2Wire units answers at http://192.168.1.254. If that address does not load, the router is whatever your computer lists as its default gateway — ipconfig on Windows or ipconfig getoption en0 router on a Mac will tell you.
What the 2Wire defaults look like
Usernames vary; 2Wire is the one that appears most, on a single entry. One entry asks for no username at all. One model shipped with no password at all.
One of them is reached over a protocol that puts the password on the wire in clear text, so work from a machine on the same wired network rather than across the internet, and change the password once you are in.
If the 2Wire password has already been changed
There is a recessed reset button on the back or underneath that needs a straightened paperclip. Hold it in for thirty seconds with the unit powered on. Let go when the lights change pattern, and give it a couple of minutes to come back up.
A reset clears more than the password. The Wi-Fi name and key go back to what is printed on the label, port forwards and firewall rules are discarded, and any static addressing is lost. Photograph the settings pages first — it takes two minutes and saves an evening.
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