Vonage Default Router Passwords

Vonage is a VoIP provider whose service ships on rebadged Linksys, Motorola and Cisco adapters. The Vonage records here run across the Linksys and Motorola lines.

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. The hardware is locked to the Vonage service, and the listed logins reach the device configuration rather than the account.

admin is the username on 6 of the 15 entries. 2 of them ask for no username at all. 2 of them shipped with no password at all.

Where one is set, admin comes up most often, on 6 entries. All 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.

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.