Linksys router + Motorola Surfboard + Time Warner needs reset after power outage

Alec Jacobson

July 26, 2014

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Our vacuum keeps blowing the fuse in our apartment and each time the internet goes down. I haven't tracked down why this happens, but here's my solution after a couple times.

  1. Open http://192.168.1.1/WanMAC.asp (router's configuration page) and note down MAC Address currently cloning
  2. Unplug power to router and modem and wait 15 seconds
  3. Plug power to router and modem in again
  4. Unplug ethernet from the linksys router
  5. Connect original computer (with MAC address above) directly to router using ethernet, check that some page loads
  6. Restore Linksys to factory settings using little button on back
  7. Connect to restored wireless router (it should have name linksys)
  8. Open http://192.168.1.1/WanMAC.asp and enable MAC address cloning with previously noted address
  9. Open http://192.168.1.1/Wireless_Basic.asp and restore wireless name exactly
  10. Reconnect to router wireless router using new name
  11. Open http://192.168.1.1/WL_WPATable.asp and set up password again exactly: choose WEP, then type password as Key 1
  12. Once again reconnect to wireless router using new name, your machine should remember that it used to remember this password if it's the same