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Administration

Dual Band 11ac WiFi Router R6200

Erase

You can erase the configuration and restore the factory default settings. Some examples are

If you move the router to a different network or if you have forgotten the password.

You can use the Restore Factory Settings button on the back of the router (see Factory

Settings on page 120), 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 lets you change the default password that is used to log in to the router with the

user name admin.

This 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 Label on page 12).

 To set the password for the user name admin:

1. Select Advanced >

Administration > Set Password to display the following screen:

2. On the Set Password screen, type the old password, and type the new password twice.

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 ef

fect.

Password Recovery

NETGEAR recommends that you enable password recovery if you change the password for

the router user name of admin. Then if the password is forgotten, you can recover it. This

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