How To Change The Built-In Password; Changing The Administrator Login Time-Out - NETGEAR DGN3500 User Manual

N300 Wireless Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN3500

How to Change the Built-In Password

Log in to the wireless modem router at its default LAN address of http://192.168.0.1
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with its default user name of admin and default password of password, or using
whatever password and LAN address you have chosen for the wireless modem router.
Figure 13.
In the main menu, under Maintenance, select Set Password to display the following screen:
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Figure 14.
To change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password
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twice.
Click Apply to save your changes.
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After changing the password, you are required to log in again to
Note:
continue the configuration. If you have backed up the wireless
modem router settings previously, you should do a new backup so
that the saved settings file includes the new password.

Changing the Administrator Login Time-out

For security, the administrator's login to the wireless modem router configuration times out
after a period of inactivity. To change the login time-out period:
In the Set Password screen, type a number in the Administrator login times out field.
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The suggested default value is 5 minutes.
Click Apply to save your changes, or click Cancel to keep the current period.
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