All Covad DSL customers in the Midwest area use a common password for their Efficient SpeedStream routers.
A funny story-
Our company DSL connection went down suddenly Monday. Everything looked OK on the LAN side, but the ISP's attempts to look at connectivity was unsuccessful. I did not have access to the router - Covad changes the default password. We ended up having to file a trouble ticket and found out:
Every one of these routers (installed by covad) uses the same administration password.
Our IPs on the WAN side had been changed.
The covad tech said that someone who knew the password had telnetted into it, -or- someone from the ISP had mistakenly reconfigured the wrong router.
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A funny story-
Our company DSL connection went down suddenly Monday. Everything looked OK on the LAN side, but the ISP's attempts to look at connectivity was unsuccessful. I did not have access to the router - Covad changes the default password. We ended up having to file a trouble ticket and found out:
Every one of these routers (installed by covad) uses the same administration password.
Our IPs on the WAN side had been changed.
The covad tech said that someone who knew the password had telnetted into it, -or- someone from the ISP had mistakenly reconfigured the wrong router.
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