Change The Admin User Account Password; Change The System Name - NETGEAR WAC505 User Manual

Insight Managed Smart Cloud Wireless Access Point WAC505 User Manual

Change the Admin User Account Password

This admin user account password is the password that you use to log in to the local browser interface of
the access point with the user name admin. It is not the passphrase that you use for WiFi access.
The ideal password contains no dictionary words from any language and contains uppercase and lowercase
letters, numbers, and symbols. However, do not include quotation marks in the password. The password
must be between 6 and 32 characters in length.
To change the password for the user name admin:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The default user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you
logged in to the access point. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard page displays.
4. Select Management > Configuration > System > Advanced > User Accounts.
The page that displays lets you change the user accounts.
5. Next to admin, in the Password field, enter the new password.
6. In the Confirm Password field, enter the same new password.
Note You cannot change the user name. The name must remain admin.
7. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved. The next time that you log in to the access point, you must use the new
password. If you forget the new password, you must reset the access point to factory default settings.
Doing so restores the password to the default password.

Change the System Name

The system name is a unique NetBIOS name for the access point. The default system name is located on
the access point label. By default, the system name is Netgearxxxxxx, in which xxxxxx represents the last
six hexadecimal digits of the access point's MAC address.
To change the system name:
1. Open a web browser from a computer that is connected to the same network as the access point or to
the access point directly through an Ethernet cable or WiFi connection.
2. Enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point.
A login window opens.
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