User's Manual

Administration
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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500
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 is not the same as changing the password for wireless access. The label on the bottom
o
f your router
shows your unique wireless network name (SSID) and password for wireless
access (see Label on page 11).
 To set the password for the user name admin:
1. Select Advanced > Administration > Set Pass
word 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 t
o 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 if you change the password for
the router’s user name of admin. Then you will have an easy way to recover the password if
it is forgotten. This recovery process is supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome
browsers, but not in the Safari browser.
 To set up password recovery:
1. Select the Enable Password Reco
very check box.
2. Select two security questio
ns, and provide answers to them.
3. Click Apply
to save your changes.
When you use your browser to access the router, the login wind
ow displays. If password
recovery is enabled, when you click Cancel, the password recovery process starts. You can
then enter the saved answers to the security questions to recover the password.