Netgear EX6110 User Manual - Page 29

Recover a Forgotten User Name or Password, To recover your password to access the extender

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AC1200 WiFi Range Extender For more information about how to find your extender's IP address, see Find Extender's IP Address on page 40. A login page displays. 3. Enter your admin email and password and click the LOG IN button. The Status page displays. 4. If your browser displays the Menu icon The extender menu displays. , click it. 5. Select Settings > Password. The Password Settings page displays. 6. Select the Password Off or Password On radio button. 7. Click the SAVE button. Your settings are saved. Recover a Forgotten User Name or Password If you changed the password to access the extender and set up password recovery, you can recover your password if you lose it. To recover your password to access the extender: 1. Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to your extender network. 2. Log in to your extender: • If your extender and router use different WiFi network names (SSIDs), enter www.mywifiext.net. • If your extender and router use the same WiFi network name (SSID), enter http://

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For more information about how to find your extender's IP address, see
Find Extender's IP Address
on page 40.
A login page displays.
3.
Enter your admin email and password and click the
LOG IN
button.
The Status page displays.
4.
If your browser displays the
Menu
icon
, click it.
The extender menu displays.
5.
Select
Settings > Password
.
The Password Settings page displays.
6.
Select the
Password Off
or
Password On
radio button.
7.
Click the
SAVE
button.
Your settings are saved.
Recover a Forgotten User Name or Password
If you changed the password to access the extender and set up password recovery, you can recover your
password if you lose it.
To recover your password to access the extender:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to your extender network.
2.
Log in to your extender:
If your extender and router use different WiFi network names (SSIDs), enter
www.mywifiext.net
.
If your extender and router use the same WiFi network name (SSID), enter
http://
<extender’s IP
address> (for example, http://192.168.1.3).
For more information about how to find your extender's IP address, see
Find Extender's IP Address
on page 40.
A login page displays.
3.
Click the
Username & Password Help
link.
A page displays requesting the answers to your security questions.
If you forgot the answers to your security questions, restore the extender’s factory settings and set up
your login credentials again. See
Return the Extender To Its Factory Default Settings
on page 33.
4.
Enter the saved answers to your security questions.
5.
Click the
NEXT
button.
Your email and password are displayed.
6.
Click the
BACK
button.
A login page displays.
7.
Log in to the extender.
Maintain and Monitor the Extender
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AC1200 WiFi Range Extender