NetScreen Default Router Passwords
This page lists 5 confirmed default credentials for NetScreen equipment. The pairing you are most likely to need is Administrator with netscreen.
Entries are reachable over telnet, http and multi. 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.
Administrator2 of 5 entriesnetscreen| Model | Protocol | Access | Username | Password |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIREWALL | HTTP | Admin | Administrator | no password set |
| FIREWALL | MULTI | Admin | netscreen | netscreen |
| FIREWALL | TELNET | Admin | admin | no password set |
| FIREWALL | TELNET | Admin | Administrator | no password set |
| FIREWALL | TELNET | Admin | operator | no password set |
About NetScreen
NetScreen made firewall appliances and was bought by Juniper in 2004.
Reaching the login page
The admin page on most NetScreen units answers at http://192.168.1.1. 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 NetScreen defaults look like
Administrator is the username on 2 of the 5 entries. 4 of them shipped with no password at all. 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 NetScreen 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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