Owner's Manual

Administration
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N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router R4500
Erase
Under some circumstances (for example, if you move the router to a different network or if
you have forgotten the password), you might want to erase the configuration and restore the
factory default settings.
You can use either use the Reset button on the back of the router (see Factory Settings on
page 117), or you can click the Erase b
utton 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 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 p
age 11).
 To set the password for the user name admin:
1. Select Adv
anced > Administration > Set Password:
2. Type the old password, and type the new password twice in the fields on this screen.
3. If you want
to be able to recover the password, select the Enable Password Recovery
check box.
4. Click App
ly to save your settings.
Password Recovery
NETGEAR recommends that you enable password recovery if you change the password for
the router’s user name of admin. Then you have an easy way to recover the password if it is