Netgear WNDR4700 Installation Guide - Page 19

Change Your Password, Retrieve Your Password - login

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Change Your Password  To change the password for the router user name: 1. Log in to the router. 2. Select Administration > Set Password to display the Set Password screen: 3. Type your old password and type the new password twice. NETGEAR recommends that you use the password recovery feature when you change your password. 4. Select the Enable Password Recovery check box. 5. You are prompted to select security questions and type the answers, which are saved. 6. Click Apply. Retrieve Your Password  To use password recovery to retrieve a forgotten password: You need to enable password recovery as described in the previous section in order to use this feature. 1. Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that is connected to the router. 2. Type www.routerlogin.net or www.routerlogin.com in the address field of the browser. 3. When the login screen displays, click Cancel. You are prompted to enter your saved answers so that you can log in to the router. 17

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Change Your Password
To change the password for the router user name:
1.
Log in to the router.
2.
Select
Administration > Set Password
to display the Set
Password screen:
3.
Type your old password and type the new password twice.
NETGEAR recommends that you use the password recovery
feature when you change your password.
4.
Select the
Enable Password Recovery
check box.
5.
You are prompted to select security questions and type the
answers, which are saved.
6.
Click
Apply
.
Retrieve Your Password
To use password recovery to retrieve a forgotten password:
You need to enable password recovery as described in the previous
section in order to use this feature.
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or wireless device that
is connected to the router.
2.
Type
www.routerlogin.net
or
www.routerlogin.com
in the
address field of the browser.
3.
When the login screen displays, click
Cancel
.
You are prompted to enter your saved answers so that you can
log in to the router.