My router did not come with a password, therefore use is unprotected. How do I create one?

Michelli69 wrote:Thanks for your reply. There was no Wifi password printed on the product label below the SSID, that space is blank.If this came from a local store, I would return it for one that has a correct label. See page 15 of the User Manual:http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK12/RBK12_13_14_UM_EN.pdf Michelli69 wrote:Despite correct step-by-step manual setup, it still returned a "Router Not Found" message. Issues all around.The App said it could not find the Orbi? More "news to me" is that the "10" series Orbi is different from the previous Orbi models:The QR Code setup, which is similar to setup found on IP cameras, security doorbells, etc.No previous Orbi has had that. Sad that (apparently) it doesn't work.Instead of giving each Orbi an SSID of "ORBIxx", it looks like the "10" series come with a default SSID of "Orbi_setup", probably with no password. (The idea being that during setup the user will be bludgeoned (encouraged) into changing it and setting a password.I agree with FURRYe38 that using a web browser appears to be the only alternative since the Orbi app has failed. Either a laptop or desktop with an ethernet cable, or something with WiFi and a web browser. Surely "Orbi-setup" will appear as a WiFi network to join?

Its in the user manual as well:https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbk14.aspx#docs

See if you can connect using a wired connected PC to the router.

I have long suspected that the Orbi App is the spawn of the Devil.

Use a PC or laptop wire connected to the RBR and log into the RBRs web page use a web browser and setup a wifi SSID PW. Please review the user manual as well for addtional help and information.

My RBK14 router did not come with a password

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 27, 2020
Use a PC or laptop wire connected to the RBR and log into the RBRs web page use a web browser and setup a wifi SSID PW.
Please review the user manual as well for addtional help and information.
- Michelli69
  Aspirant
  Apr 27, 2020
  Thanks! Didn't understand any of it but I'm sure I can find someone who does. :smileyvery-happy:
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 27, 2020
    Its in the user manual as well:
    https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbk14.aspx#docs
CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 27, 2020
Michelli69 wrote:
My router did not come with a password, therefore use is unprotected. How do I create one?
Sometimes it helps to specify which "password" is missing. When the Orbi comes "out of the box", it is supposed to have two "passwords."
The WiFi password is printed on the product label, along with the default WiFi name (SSID).
The administrative login to the Orbi web interface (http://orbilogin.net) is user "admin" and password "password". Not very 'secure', but not 'missing'.
It would help to know how this Orbi was set up (using a web browser or using the Orbi "app")
- Michelli69
  Aspirant
  Apr 27, 2020
  Thanks for your reply. There was no Wifi password printed on the product label below the SSID, that space is blank.
  Orbi was set up manually using the app. (barcode scanning wasn't recognized). Despite correct step-by-step manual setup, it still returned a "Router Not Found" message. Issues all around.
  - FURRYe38
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 27, 2020
    See if you can connect using a wired connected PC to the router.

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My RBK14 router did not come with a password