Default settings of the Linksys BEFSX41
Find the default IP address and the password for the user interface of the Linksys BEFSX41 Broadband Cable/DSL Firewall router. In the bottom part of this website, you will find a manual for accessing the user interface of this router and resetting its factory settings.
Login data for the user interface
- IP address:
- 192.168.1.1
- Username:
- <blank>
- Password:
- admin
Access to the user interface
Accessing the user interface is necessary when you want to change the router configuration. For the Linksys BEFSX41, you have to do the following steps for access:
- Switch on router
- Establish a connection between the device and the router via network cable
- Start web browser
- Insert IP address into the address bar and confirm with ‘Enter’ key
- Enter password in the login form and confirm
Reset default settings
Resetting default settings is especially helpful when you have changed and forgotten the login data for the user interface. Please consider that not only will settings like IP address, username and password be set to factory settings, but all configurations you may have made will as well.
Execute hardware reset
To reset the Linksys BEFSX41 to its default settings, you have to do the following steps:
- Switch on router
- For at least 5 seconds, press the Reset button
- Device is automatically restarted
- Router has been reset to factory settings
Execute software reset
With the Linksys BEFSX41, you can restore the factory settings with the installed software. Log in to the user interface of the router with your access data and execute the steps that are described in the user handbook.
After you have successfully executed the steps mentioned above, the configuration of the router will be reset to factory settings. If you want to log in to the user interface, you have to use the preset login data.