My belkin router got hacked (more details inside)?

Question

hiya guys n gals,

i set up my network a while back i figured i was pretty secure but i was running on a unsecured network. well it finally happened someone hacked me if you can call it that. Basically my network was called 'omarius' and didn't have a password. Now when i got back to my house i tried to connect and my netowrk name was changed to 'omarius is hacked with security :)' and there's password set to it.

so basically i phoned up belkin and i think they didn't get what i said but yeh they told me to type this into my browser 192.168.2.1 and when i type that in it says address is not valid. While i'm on the phone i'm thinking well i'm not connected to the internet so how they h**l can it load the page!!

So yeh basically anyone got any ideas?? my son is just starting his GCSE coursework now, so any responces would by greatly appreciated!

Thanks alot,

All the best

Answer 1

on the back of the router is a little reset button , hold it in for about 20 seconds and reset the router , this time be smart enough to create a wep key

Answer 2

You have one great advantage over the hacker: You have physical access to the router. Here's what to do:

1. First some prep, because once you start this, you don't want to give the hacker a chance to grab the router back. Find out the router's local IP address (see below for details).

2. Have a computer connected to the router by a LAN port.

3. Have your browser up and the router's IP address in its address window.

4. Find out how to reset the router. Usually, there's a little button or hole on the router that you stick a paperclip wire into and hold it there for about thirty seconds. This should set the router back to its factory defaults. (If this doesn't work, try it again while powering on the router.)

Okay, here we go:

1. Reset the router.

2. Log into the router's admin pages by entering its default local IP address into your browser's address window.

3. Find the router admin page that permits or denies wireless administration (not wireless web access). DISABLE WIRELESS ADMINISTRATION IF IT'S ENABLED AND IMMEDIATELY SAVE THE CHANGE.

Unless they're really on top of things, that should keep them from grabbing the thing away from you again. If it doesn't, repeat the steps (now that you know where the appropriate page is) some other time of day, to catch them off guard.

Now for some steps to keep them from using the connection at all.

1. Find where the SSID (network name) broadcast is enabled. Disable that.

2. Find the router's SSID. Change it from the default. You'll have to define it on all your wireless machines, but the hacker won't know it.

3. Enable WEP or WPA encryption.

4. See if the router has a way of saving its configuration to your hard disk. If so, do it. It's a great way to get back up in a single step.

Now for finding the router's IP address. This should work, but because the router's been hijacked, it may not. If it doesn't, try 192.168.1.1, 192.168.1.0, 192.168.1.2. Even better, research it from the router's documentation or the manufacturer's website from either a cabled-in machine, which doesn’t use the WEP key, or a machine on another network).

1. Click on the Start button.

2. Click Run...

3. In the text box, type in

cmd

and press Enter.

4. A black "DOS box" window will pop up. Type into it

ipconfig /all

and press Enter.

5. A bunch of seeming gibberish will fill the screen. On the line next to "Default Gateway" your router's IP address should appear.

Good luck.

Answer 3

press the reset button on back of the router for 10 seconds

unplug router then plug it back in

open IE and go to 192.168.2.1 user name is blank password is admin

click clone my mac address

click on wireless and give it a name

save

unplug router modem and computer for 2 min then it should work again

Answer 4

There is a Belkin site somewhere.  What you basically need to do is to reset the router as if it had just come out of the box.  Since you don't know the password, you'll need to do a manual reset.  There should be a reset button (the kind you'll have to stick a pin in) somewhere on the router.  I'm not sure if you'll need the installation CD or not - if you had Internet access you could download it.  Anyway, that should reset to factory defaults and you can put your own password on it.