Change Password; Password Recovery - NETGEAR N150R User Manual

Change Password

For security reasons, the router has its own user name and password that default to admin
and admin. You can and should change these to a secure user name and password that are
easy to remember. The ideal password contains no dictionary words from any language and
is a mixture of upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols. It can be up to 30
characters.
The router user name and password are not the same as the user
Note:
name and password for logging in to your Internet connection. See
Types of Logins
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To change the password and login time-out:
Select Management > Change Password to display the following screen:.
1.
Enter the old password.
2.
Enter the new password twice.
3.
Click Apply to save your changes.
4.
After changing the password, you are required to log in again to continue the
configuration. If you have backed up the router settings previously, you should do a new
backup so that the saved settings file includes the new password. See
on page 55 for information about backing up your network configuration.

Password Recovery

On Networks recommends that you enable password recovery if you change the password
for the router's user name of admin. Then if the password is forgotten, you can recover it.
This recovery process is supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome browsers, but
not in the Safari browser.
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To set up password recovery:
Select the Enable Password Recovery check box.
1.
Select two security questions, and provide answers to them.
2.
N150 WiFi Router (N150R)
on page 14 for more information about login types.
Network Management
56
Backup Settings