Change The Built-In Password; Restrict Access By Mac Address - NETGEAR DGND3300v2 User Manual

N300 Wireless Dual Band ADSL2+ Modem Router DGND3300v2
NETGEAR recommends that you change this password to a more secure password. The
ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a
mixture of both uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. Your password can
be up to 30 characters.

Change the Built-In Password

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To change the built-in password:
1. Log in to the N300 wireless modem router at its default LAN address of
http://192.168.0.1 or http://www.routerlogin.net with its default user name of admin,
default password of password, or using whatever password and LAN address you have
chosen for the N300 wireless modem router.
2. From the main menu, select Maintenance > Set Password to display the Set Password
screen.
3. To change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password
twice.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
Note: After changing the password, you need to log in again to continue
the configuration. If you have backed up the N300 wireless modem
router settings previously, you should do a new backup so that the
saved settings file includes the new password.

Restrict Access by MAC Address

By default, any wireless computer that is configured with the correct SSID will be allowed
access to your wireless network. For increased security, you can restrict access to the
wireless network to allow only specific computers based on their MAC addresses.
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To restrict access based on MAC addresses:
1. Log in to the N300 wireless modem router at its default LAN address of
http://192.168.0.1 or http://www.routerlogin.net with its default user name of admin,
and default password of password, or using whatever user name, password, and LAN
address you have chosen for the N300 wireless modem router.
Note: If you configure the N300 wireless modem router from a wireless
computer, add your computer's MAC address to the access list.
Otherwise you will lose your wireless connection when you click
Apply. You need to then access the N300 wireless modem router
from a wired computer, or from a wireless computer that is on the
access control list, to make any further changes.
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