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Wireless-N 150 Router WNR1000v3 User Manual Changing the Administrator Password The default password for the router's Web Configuration Manager is password. NETGEAR recommends that you change this password to a more secure password. Tip: Before changing the router password, back up your configuration settings with the default password of password. If you save the settings with a new password, and then you later forget the new password, you will have to reset the router back to the factory defaults, and log in using the default password of password. This means you will have to re-enter all the router configuration settings. For information about how to back up your settings, see "Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration" on page 6-8. To change the administrator password: 1. On the main menu, under Maintenance, select Set Password to display the Set Password screen. Figure 2-14 2. To change the password, first enter the old password, then enter the new password twice. 3. Click Apply. Safeguarding Your Network v1.0, February 2010 2-22

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Wireless-N 150 Router WNR1000v3 User Manual
Safeguarding Your Network
2-22
v1.0, February 2010
Changing the Administrator Password
The default password for the router’s Web Configuration Manager is
password
. NETGEAR
recommends that you change this password to a more secure password.
To change the administrator password:
1.
On the main menu, under Maintenance, select
Set Password
to display the Set Password
screen.
2.
To change the password, first enter the old password, then enter the new password twice.
3.
Click
Apply
.
Tip:
Before changing the router password, back up your configuration settings with the
default password of
password
. If you save the settings with a new password, and
then you later forget the new password, you will have to reset the router back to the
factory defaults, and log in using the default password of
password
. This means you
will have to re-enter all the router configuration settings. For information about how
to back up your settings, see
“Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration” on
page 6-8
.
Figure 2-14