NETGEAR N300

Administration
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N300 Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2200v3
You can use the Restore Factory Settings button on the back of the modem router (see
Factory Settings on p
age 143), or you can click the Erase button 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 modem router’s DHCP.
Set Password
This feature let you change the default password that is used to log in to the modem router
with the user name admin.
This is not the same as changing the password for wireless access. The label on the bottom
of your modem router
shows your unique wireless network name (SSID) and password for
wireless access (see Label on p
age 8).
 To set the password for the user name admin:
1. Select Advance
d > Administration > Set Password to display the following screen:
2. On the Set Password screen, type the old password, and type the new password twice.
3. If
you want to 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 Enab
le Password Recovery check box.
2. Select two
security questions, and provide answers to them.
3. Click Apply to
save your changes.
When you use your browser to access the router
, the login window 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.