Protecting Your Network; Protecting Access To Your 54 Mbps Adsl Modem Wireless Router Model Dg834Gsp; How To Change The Built-In Password - NETGEAR DG834GSP Reference Manual

This chapter describes how to use the basic firewall features of the 54 Mbps ADSL Modem
Wireless Router Model DG834GSP to protect your network.
Protecting Access to Your 54 Mbps ADSL Modem Wireless
Router Model DG834GSP
For security reasons, the modem router has its own user name and password. Also, after a period
of inactivity for a set length of time, the administrator login will automatically disconnect. When
prompted, enter admin for the modem router User Name and password for the modem router
Password. You can use procedures below to change the modem router's password and the amount
of time for the administrator's login timeout.
Note: The user name and password are not the same as any user name or password your
may use to log in to your Internet connection.
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
upper and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols. Your password can be up to 30 characters.

How to Change the Built-In Password

1. Log in to the modem router at its default LAN address of http://10.1.1.1 with its default User
Name of admin, default password of password, or using whatever Password and LAN
address you have chosen for the modem router.

Protecting Your Network

Protecting Your Network
v1.0, June 2007
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