Intel Default Router Passwords
This page lists 10 confirmed default credentials for Intel equipment, covering 8 models. The pairing you are most likely to need is admin with hello.
Entries are reachable over multi, telnet and http. 4 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.
admin3 of 10 entrieshello2 of 10 entries| Model | Protocol | Access | Username | Password |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESS PORT Rev. ALL | TELNET | Admin | admin | hello |
| EXPRESS 520T SWITCH | MULTI | User | setup | setup |
| EXPRESS 9520 ROUTER | MULTI | User | NICONEX | NICONEX |
| MEZZA ISDN ROUTER Rev. ALL | TELNET | Admin | admin | hello |
| NETSTRUCTURE Rev. 480T | TELNET | Admin | admin | no password set |
| SHIVA | — | User | Guest | no password set |
| SHIVA | — | Admin | root | no password set |
| SHIVA | MULTI | Admin | root | no password set |
| WIRELESS AP 2011 Rev. 2.21 | MULTI | Admin | leave blank | Intel |
| WIRELESS GATEWAY Rev. 3.X | HTTP | Admin | intel | intel |
About Intel
Intel sold networking hardware including the Express switch line and the Shiva remote-access products it acquired in 1999. The Intel records here run across the Express line.
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.
What the Intel defaults look like
admin is the username on 3 of the 10 entries. One entry asks for no username at all. 4 of them shipped with no password at all.
Where one is set, hello comes up most often, on 2 entries. There are 5 different passwords across the Intel set, so check your exact model rather than assuming. 4 of them are 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 Intel 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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