Change The Ap Login Password - NETGEAR WAX220 User Manual

Essentials WiFi 6 AX4200 Dual Band Multi-Gig Access Point Model WAX220
If you do not know the IP address, see Find the IP address of the AP on page 24. For
more information about the management WiFi network, see Management WiFi
network on page 43.
If your browser displays a security warning, you can proceed, or add an exception
for the security warning. For more information, see kb.netgear.com/000062980.
3. Enter the AP login password and click the LOGIN button.
The AP login password is the one that you specified the first time you logged in to
the AP. The password is case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
4. Select Management > System Manager > Backup Settings.
The page that displays shows the Reboot the device section and the Backup/Restore
Settings section.
5. Click the Restore New Setting Choose File button and navigate to and select the
saved configuration file (that is, the backup file).
The name of the backup file is backup-WAX220-yyyy-mm-dd_hhmmss.cfg, in
which yyyy is the year, mm is the month, dd is the date, hh are the hours in 24-hour
format, mm are the minutes, and ss are the seconds.
An example of a name of a backup file is
backup-WAX220-2022-11-05_162135.cfg.
6. Click the Import button.
The page displays the restoration progress.
WARNING: To avoid the risk of corrupting the firmware, do not interrupt the
restoration. For example, do not close the browser, click a link, or load a new page.
Do not turn off the AP. Wait until the AP finishes.
When the restoration is finished, the login page displays.

Change the AP login password

The AP login password is the password that lets you log in to the device UI.
The first time that you logged in to AP and set up the AP, you defined the AP login
password. You can change it.
Maintain the AP 84 User Manual