vb104w locked down! Help!

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#141294 7-Mar-2014 15:27

Hi, a friend of mine bought a vb104w off trademe for as a VDSL modem (bigpipe), however after receiving it he has found that he cannot log into the web interface, it has a password as expected. We have used google and tried all the defaults (admin/admin admin/Password, user/user 1234/1234....) to no avail. Resetting the modem does nothing either (the lights blink and go out, and then come back on), and all the above passwords still don't work. I have also tried the passwords on the telnet interface, and so far none of them have worked there either (guess they are the same as the web interface ones). The modem/router does have a WIFI connection broadcasting, with an SSID of 'Slingshot Home WIFI 377', and we have tried connecting to the wifi by using the WPS button, but WPS must have been disabled.

So... any ideas on how to access this, or should we go run this one over and buy a new one?

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#1000815 7-Mar-2014 15:35

Asked the seller yet?

If the seller doesn't know, asked for a refund?

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#1000837 7-Mar-2014 15:48

Presumably Slingshot supplied it - might pay to check that it was the seller's to sell, and doesn't actually belong to Slingshot.

Slingshot may also be able to reset it, or provide a password.

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#1000839 7-Mar-2014 15:53

Hi,

We have emailed the seller, and they think it was admin/admin, and have emailed them back saying it didn't work, and since then, no reply.

Other than the SSID name being slingshot, there is no other info on it that says it is slingshot, it just has VB104W written on it on the side. There is also no password on the bottom like most ISP supplied modems have. I will email slingshot anyway to see if they know anything about it.

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#1000857 7-Mar-2014 16:00

good luck with that modem... its track record is very bad unfortunately...

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#1000860 7-Mar-2014 16:03

According to the manual, admin/admin user/user and support/support are the 3 default accounts.

EDIT: Hold the reset button for at least five seconds with the power connected to hard reset.

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#1000861 7-Mar-2014 16:04

Have tried all 3, no luck.

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#1000862 7-Mar-2014 16:07

According to this long thread, most likely Slinghsot supplied, and locked down by them. Might have to contact Slingshot.

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=81&topicid=136811&page_no=1#949335

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#1000875 7-Mar-2014 16:27

you say you have reset the modem, but have you tried a factory reset?

Usually this involves sticking a pin into a hole somewhere on the modem (usually near the power button) and holding it in for 5 seconds or so. The lights will usually start blinking like crazy for a few seconds, then the modem will restart and be reset to factory default username/password.

If it's locked to slingshot you may need to contact them about unlocking it.
Maybe remind them that device locking is looked down on by the commerce. Mobile companies only get away with it because they provide an option to unlock it. (even if it is for a fee)

Ultimately, if slingshot won't help, then you can turn to the trademe eller and complain (unless he said it was locked to slingshot before he sold it to you, in which case you are screwed)

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#1000881 7-Mar-2014 16:43

By reset = pinhole on back.

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#1000900 7-Mar-2014 17:19

I have one of these . the admin user password could be the last 6 characters of the Mac id printed on the bottom of the modem. lower case

the wireless key is the full mac id in either lower or upper case. Its all very flakey

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#1000929 7-Mar-2014 18:17

Hold reset for 45 seconds to be safe while powered on, If no luck hold reset while powering on.

Like we all stated: admin/admin

4.2 Logging in to the DSL Router
To log in to the DSL router, do as follows.
Step 1 Open a Web browser on your computer.
Step 2 Enter http://192.168.1.1 (default IP address of the DSL router) in the
address bar. The login page appears.
Step 3 Enter the user name and the password. The default username and
password are admin and admin. The username and password of the
common user are user and user. The username and password of the
support account are support and support.

http://www.energyimports.co.nz/_img/VB104W%20VDSL%20User%20Manual.pdf

If you do a ipconfig what is your IP address? What is the default gateway? Do you get n 169.x.x.x? If so assign one like 192.168.1.222 and default gateway of 192.168.1.1 . Does it work then?
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#1000931 7-Mar-2014 18:22

Hi guys, the last 6 digits of the Mac worked! Thanks so much guys for all your help.

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#1000946 7-Mar-2014 18:25

There's a suggestion in the thread linked above that Slingshot use a custom firmware on them, in which case the default passwords in the generic user manual may not be the same.

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#1002050 10-Mar-2014 11:18

Cant believe that they would use the mac address as a password on it.

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#1002065 10-Mar-2014 11:36

richms: Cant believe that they would use the mac address as a password on it.

why's that?

when i got mine the password was actually admin, then i told slingshot of this anomaly and it soon changed to the MAC.

you can still change the password if you want just like any other modem.

the OP might want to double check the firmware version, its listed under status. they recently updated the firmware on these modems to fix some pretty major port forwarding issues (it didn't work at all)

the new one is GUN4.HT128A-C_30A-EI-R1B032-NZ.EN_2T2R-SL

*Insert big spe*dtest result here*