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Chapter 2. Safeguarding Your Network
N150 Wireless Router WGR614v11 User Manual
Changing the Administrator Password
The default password for the router’s Web Configuration Manager is
password
. NETGEAR
recommends that you change this password to a more secure password.
Tip:
Before changing the router password, back up your configuration
settings with the default password of
password
. If you save the settings
with a new password, and then you later forget the new password, you
will have to reset the router back to the factory defaults, and log in using
the default password of
password
. This means you will have to re-enter
all the router configuration settings. For information about how to back up
your settings, see
Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration
on
page
80.
To change the administrator password:
1.
On the main menu, under
Maintenance, select
Set Password
to
display the Set Password screen.
2.
To change the password, first enter the
old password, then enter the new
password twice.
3.
Click
Apply
.
Backing Up Your Configuration
The configuration settings of the WGR614v11 router are stored within the router in a
configuration file. You can back up (save) this file and retrieve it later. NETGEAR
recommends that you save your configuration file after you complete the configuration. If the
router fails or becomes corrupted, or an administrator password is lost, you can easily
re-create your configuration by restoring the configuration file.
For instructions on saving and restoring your configuration file, see
Managing the
Configuration File
on page
80.
Tip:
Before saving your configuration file, change the administrator password
to the default,
password
. Then change it again after you have saved the
configuration file. If you save the file with a new password, and then you
later forget the new password, you will have to reset the router back to
the factory defaults and log in using the default password of
password
.
This means you will have to re-enter all the router configuration settings.
