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 Subject :Recover Hsmm-Mesh Password or reflash WRT54.. 2013-07-18- 05:45:50 
W9PE
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Joined: 2012-11-03- 14:24:47
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Location: The Woodlands, Conroe TX
 

I followed the directions and flashed two WRT45's. All went OK and I set them aside until I obtained a gain antenna to place a node in the attic with gain antenna aimed out the attic window. When I had the antenna set up I found that the password I wrote down did not work.  I tried upper/lowercase combos and as it had a number and the number shifted. All did not work.  Has anyone got a way to recover the passwords and/or the WRT45's?

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 Subject :Re:Recover Hsmm-Mesh Password or reflash WRT54.. 2013-07-31- 09:47:32 
w1dug
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Joined: 2012-03-09- 00:36:04
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Location: Heber City, - 5535 feet
I have run into this myself though I eventually remembered the password. I figured the MESH firmware would following the solution the OEM did, but it doesn't So is there solution using the RESET button out there, or is the only way to fix via a TFTP re-flash?
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 Subject :Re:Recover Hsmm-Mesh Password or reflash WRT54.. 2013-07-31- 20:09:14 
KF5JIM
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Joined: 2013-07-17- 12:13:36
Posts: 250
Location: Nederland

If you forgot the SSH login and the http login, follow the steps in the link below to telnet into the node. From there, type mount_root and then take a look at the /etc/httpd.conf file (cat /etc/httpd.conf). Alternatively, you could TFTP or jtag the firmware back to the router or do some combination of the two.

http://hsmm-mesh.org/documentation/71-using-safe-mode-to-reset-a-forgotten-password.html
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 Subject :Re:Recover Hsmm-Mesh Password or reflash WRT54.. 2013-08-01- 00:11:30 
wx5u
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Joined: 2013-01-02- 00:30:45
Posts: 188
Location: Austin, TX

Some further info here:

BTW, there is a "30/30/30 reset," but I think I've heard that can brick some routers, so try other solutions first.

Edit: found the links to 30/30/30 reset problems.

The DD-WRT "Peacock" thread.

Further DD-WRT info on 30/30/30 "bricking". 

The warning is "Note: WRT54GS v1.1, GS v2, and GS2.1 models can brick after a hard reset no matter how it is done."

BTW, the DD-WRT "Peacock" thread has lots of good info, some of which is relevant to our stuff.  The same can be said for the who DD-WRT forum. 

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Last Edited On: 2013-08-01- 00:19:16 By wx5u for the Reason
I'm not part of the development team, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I'm also easily confused.

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