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Just saying.

I had spent the evening researching the process of upgrading my Linksys WRT54G v2 to Sveasoft Talisman Firmware 1.2 RC 1. 1.2 RC1 solves a problem I would like solved — Sipura DHCP compatibility. 1.2 also adds a feature I want to play with — Multiple Wireless SSIDs and authentication from one box.

About 15 minutes before I thought I should really be sleeping I decided to execute the upgrade plan. Bad, bad, bad Chris.

1. Locate the image file with known-good current router firmware.
2. Check registered MAC address against router. Download 1.2RC1. Genuflect to warnings about using snapshot firmware.
3. Back up the router settings.
4. Do a long reset (hold down the reset button for 15 seconds) to reset configuration to defaults.
5. Log into the web interface with default login/password credentials.
6. Upgrade firmware to 1.2 RC1.
7. Attempt to login…

Hmm. The default username and password no longer work.

I give up and sleep. Fitfully.

I was assisted in waking up at 5am by my baby daughter, so I thought I’d try some new things to resurrect the router before work.

I hunted around with Google Desktop Search (I had no Internet connectivity at this time) to see if I could find anything that could help. Thankfully I quickly found something I’d overlooked during my research.

For future reference, since about Sveasoft Talisman 1.1 the default username and password have changed to admin and admin, from [blank] and admin.

I foresee an evening of restoring my previous configuration settings followed by an early night and the peaceful sleep of someone who has configured two SSIDs on one router.

Yeah right.