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3M Default Router Passwords

This page lists 1 confirmed default credential for 3M equipment. The pairing you are most likely to need is volition with volition.

Entries are reachable over snmp. All of these entry 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.

Credentials1
Most common usernamevolition
Most common passwordvolition
Access methodSnmp
1 credential
Model Protocol Access Username Password
VOL-0215 ETC. SNMP Admin volition volition
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These are factory default credentials, not the password printed on the sticker under your router. If yours has been changed and you cannot recall it, a 30-second reset button hold returns the device to the defaults above. Know a 3M model we are missing? Add it.

About 3M

The single record we hold is for the VOL-0215 ETC..

Reaching the login page

Point a browser at whatever your computer reports as its default gateway. On Windows that is the Default Gateway line from ipconfig; on macOS, Network settings shows it under the active connection. None of the 3M entries here are for a web interface — they are reached over snmp, which means a terminal or a serial console rather than a browser.

If the 3M password has already been changed

This is not hardware you reset with a paperclip. Recovery runs through the console port: interrupt the boot sequence, tell the bootloader to ignore the saved configuration, start up, read or clear the password, then save and reboot. The exact key sequence differs by platform and is in the vendor documentation under password recovery.

You need physical access and a serial cable for this, which is deliberate. Anything reachable only over the network cannot be recovered this way.

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