NETGEAR WAC510 - Change the System Name

A login window opens.
If your browser does not open the login window but displays a security message
and does not let you proceed, see Log in to the access point after initial setup on
page 41.
3. Enter the access point user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time
that you logged in. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
If you previously added the access point to a NETGEAR Insight network location and
managed the access point through the Insight app or Insight Cloud portal, enter the
Insight network password for that location. For more information, see Connect over
WiFi using the NETGEAR Insight App on an iOS or Android mobile device on page
26).
The Dashboard page displays.
4.
Select Management > Configuration > System > Advanced > User Accounts.
The page that displays lets you change the user accounts.
5.
Next to admin, in the Password field, enter the new password.
6.
In the Confirm Password field, enter the same new password.
Note: You cannot change the user name. The name must remain admin.
7. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved. The next time that you log in to the access point, you must
use the new password. If you forget the new password, you must reset the access
point to factory default settings. Doing so restores the password to the default
password.
Change the system name
The system name is a unique NetBIOS name for the access point. The default system
name is located on the access point label. By default, the system name is Netgearxxxxxx,
in which xxxxxx represents the last six hexadecimal digits of the access point’s MAC
address.
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