Administering Your Cisco RV180/RV180W
Using the Management Interface
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Configuring User Accounts
The Cisco RV180/RV180W supports two user accounts for administering and 
viewing settings: an administrative user (default user name: “cisco”) and a “guest” 
user (default user name: “guest”). The guest account has read-only access. You 
can set and change the username and password for both the administrator and 
guest accounts. 
Configuring Password Aging
STEP 1 Choose Administration > Management Interface > User Accounts.
STEP  2 In the Password Aging section, check Enable to enable password aging. Password 
aging requires the user to enter a new password after the password has expired. 
STEP  3 Enter the password aging time. This is the number of days before the password 
expires.
STEP  4 Click Save.
Configuring Usernames and Passwords
STEP 1 Choose Administration > Management Interface > User Accounts.
STEP  2 Click either Edit Admin Settings or Edit Guest Settings.
STEP  3 Enter the new username.
STEP  4 Enter the old password.
STEP  5 Enter the new password. It is recommended that passwords contains no 
dictionary words from any language, and are a mix of letters (both uppercase and 
lowercase), numbers, and symbols. The password can be up to 30 characters.
STEP  6 Click Save.