Hi, Some one hacked into my AirPort Base Station, which initially I had not secured with password. Now they took control by adding their own password. How can I regain ownership back?

Hi there,
I have an intruder into my AirPort Base Station wireless connection. The Station initially I did did not protect it with a Password, so the intruder branded it a name and put on a password. Is there any way I can deactivate the intruder's password and regain ownership?
Thanks for your answers in advance.

Some one hacked into my AirPort Base Station.....
No, they did not have to "hack" into your AirPort at all. Since the door to your wireless network was wide open, they simply walked right in.
Is there any way I can deactivate the intruder's password and regain ownership?
Hold the reset button on the back of the AirPort in for 9-10 seconds, and then release. Allow a full minute tor the AirPort to restart to a slow, blinking amber light.
The AirPort is back to new, out of the box settings. You can can now reconfigure it again......hopefully this time with a password.

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On a regular basis connection is lost by al of the apple products connected to it even though signal strength is still showing to be good and its green light is still on. The only way to resolve seems to disconnect it from the power and then reconnect. All the apple products connected to it are more up to date than the bsae stationis this the problem?

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