Getting the PPPoE Credentials from your C4000XG without calling CenturyLink - Matt Steele

https://steele.blue/c4000xg-ppoe-password/

Matt Steele If you've switched to CenturyLink recently, you might want to hook up your own router directly to the OTB, and bypass the router they provide/rent to you. This is pretty easy to do! See this Reddit post for more details . One thing you'll need to get from your ISP is the PPPoE userid and password the router uses to connect up to CenturyLink. Normally this requires a phone call, but if they provided you a Greenwave C4000XG, you can grab it from the router's admin console. Simply log in to the C4000XG's web UI, and go to Advanced Setup -> WAN Settings, with your DevTools open. Look for the XHR request /cgi/cgi_get?Object=Device.PPP.Interface , and root around the JSON to find the credentials: Or, just paste this into your console: fetch ( '/cgi/cgi_get?Object=Device.PPP.Interface' , { headers : new Headers ( { 'X-Requested-With' : 'XMLHttpRequest' , } ) , ...

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