>>>Yeah, it keeps asking me for my user name and password, but I can't remember it. Doh! I set that thing up a looooong time ago.
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>>If you can't remember ever explicitly changing the router password (a lot of people don't), then it may still be at the factory default. For example, for many Linksys models the default user name is < blank >, and the password is "admin". For other models you can get the default user name/password from your manual, or even off the web.
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>Ok, that was it. No wonder I couldn't remember it!
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>Why should it be hardwired though when I make changes?

A lot of times when you make router changes it requires a router reboot, which means you lose your wireless connection. Sometimes it doesn't come back.

I usually make my changes with a wireless connection, but probably about 25% of the time I do I need to get my lazy behind up and plug my cable in to fix a problem.

BTW, it is an extremely good practice to change the default name of your router and the password. If I were wireless surfing I would see the default name, know what type of router it is, google router passwords, shut down your security, download porn, search for shared drives, search for shared printers, and maybe set up a network packet sniffer.

You would never know what hit you.