cannot log-in to router suddenly @?!

[BLaZeDRas]

Hi there all, first time here but u all seem to know ur stuff about sky and their butchered firmware machines so here goes :P

For as long as I can remember i've had control over everything on my DG834 sky router and had no problems, however recently I reset all my private data in firefox (have done this numerous times and had no problems), and ever since my router password/username will not work... It can't even be the firefox issue because it wont log in on IE either

The internet itself works fine, I have tried reseting to factory defaults then trying the "admin" / "sky" combination and it simply will not let me in,

If anyone can help, thanks

[BLaZeDRas]

it seems that the router is just refusing to default to factory standards, is there a better way of doing it ? (i think that it is keeping the settings i made anyway since ports which i have previously forwarded are avaliable to use for programs (upnp is disabled i did all the port forwarding via services/rules)

[fihart]

Sounds the like router could use a deep reset -- I'd suggest a visit to netgear.com user forums and look for any posting by a moderator called jmizoguchi. Links on his website discuss various options for resetting routers.

[BLaZeDRas]

well, i was optimistic after finding his post, tried his reseting methods including the 1minute "hard reboot" 20seconds on/off/on method, and it has still retained its settings,

could it be that the reset button is just broke somehow? :S

edit:actually scrap that, its not broke because the router goes into its "alternate lights" mode etc when its held down

[Smithy99]

You could try updating the firmware, well putting the Sky firmware back in it again,I would imagine that that would set everything back to scratch. I think there is a copy on the Sky CD that comes with the router.