Netgear WAC124 User Manual For Firmware version less than 1.0.4.2 - Page 32
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AC2000 802.11ac Wireless Access Point/Router WAC124 The Sign-In page displays. You are prompted to sign in with your NETGEAR account. If the access point/router is not connected to the Internet, you are prompted to sign in with the local login credentials (see Log in to the access point/router when it is not connected to the Internet on page 28). 3. Click the Login button. The NETGEAR Account Login page displays. 4. Enter your registered email address and password and click the LOG IN button. The BASIC Home page displays. 5. In the upper right corner, select a language from the menu. The page refreshes with the language that you selected. Change the local login admin password We recommend that you change the default password that you use for local login to the access point/router to a more secure password. This is the password that you use to log in locally to the access point/router with the user name admin if the access point/router is not connected to the Internet. The ideal password contains no dictionary words from any language and contains uppercase and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols. It can be up to 30 characters. To change the password for the user name admin for local login to the access point/router: 1. Open a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the access point/router network. 2. Enter http://www.routerlogin.net in the address field. If you are not connected to the access point/router network but to the same network as the access point/router, enter the IP address that is assigned to the access point/router. If you do not know the IP address, see Find the IP address of the access point/router on page 29. The Sign-In page displays. You are prompted to sign in with your NETGEAR account. If the access point/router is not connected to the Internet, you are prompted to sign in with the local login credentials (see Log in to the access point/router when it is not connected to the Internet on page 28). 3. Click the Login button. The NETGEAR Account Login page displays. Install and Access the Access 32 Point/Router in Your Network User Manual