NETGEAR M4300 - Enable Password Configuration

Manage Device Security
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M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual
5. Select Security> Management Security > Local User > User Password Configuration.
6. In the Password Minimum Length field, type the minimum character length of all new local
user passwords.
7. In the Password Aging (days)
field, type the maximum time for which the user passwords
are valid in days, from the time the password is set.
Once a password expires, the user must enter a new password following the first login
after password expiration. A value of 0 indicates that passwords never expire.
8. In the
Password History field, type the number of previous passwords to store for
prevention of password reuse.
This ensures that each user does not reuse passwords often.
A value of 0 indicates that no previous passwords are stored.
9. In the Lockout Attempts field, specify the number of allowable failed local authentication
attempts before the user's account is locked.
A value of 0 indicates that user accounts are never locked.
10. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Enable Password Configuration
You can change the privileged EXEC password. Passwords are a maximum of 64
alphanumeric characters. The password is case-sensitive.
 To enable password configuration:
1. Launch a web browser.
2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.
The login window opens.
3. Enter the user name and password.
The default admin user name is
admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
4. Click the Login button.