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Set Password, Password Recovery

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LTE Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1515 You can either use the Restore Factory Settings button on the back of the router (see Factory Default Settings on page 93), or you can click the Erase button in this screen. Erase sets the user name to admin, the password to password, and the LAN IP address to 192.168.1.1, and enables the router's DHCP. Set Password This feature allows you to change the default password that is used to log in to the router with the user name admin. This change of password is not the same as changing the password for wireless access. The label on the bottom of your router shows your unique wireless network name (SSID) and password for wireless access (see Router Label on page 10).  To set the password for the user name admin: 1. Select ADVANCED > Administration > Set Password to display the following screen: 2. Type the old password, and type the new password twice in the fields on this screen. 3. If you want to be able to recover the password, select the Enable Password Recovery check box. 4. Click Apply so that your changes take effect. Password Recovery NETGEAR recommends that you enable password recovery when you change the password for the router's user name of admin. Then you have an easy way to recover the password when it is forgotten. This recovery process is supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome browsers, but not in the Safari browser. Administration 56

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Administration
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LTE Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1515
You can either use the Restore Factory Settings button on the back of the router (see
Factory
Default Settings
on page 93), or you can click the
Erase
button in this screen.
Erase sets the user name to admin, the password to password, and the LAN IP address to
192.168.1.1, and enables the router’s DHCP.
Set Password
This feature allows you to change the default password that is used to log in to the router with
the user name admin.
This change of password is not the same as changing the password for wireless access. The
label on the bottom of your router shows your unique wireless network name (SSID) and
password for wireless access (see
Router Label
on page 10).
To set the password for the user name admin:
1.
Select
ADVANCED > Administration > Set Password
to display the following screen:
2.
Type the old password, and type the new password twice in the fields on this screen.
3.
If you want to be able to recover the password, select the
Enable Password Recovery
check box.
4.
Click
Apply
so that your changes take effect.
Password Recovery
NETGEAR recommends that you enable password recovery when you change the password
for the router’s user name of admin. Then you have an easy way to recover the password
when it is forgotten. This recovery process is supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and
Chrome browsers, but not in the Safari browser.