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Retired_Member
May 13, 2020

What ‘Administration Password’ Special Characters can I have?

For security reasons, I like to have a Password’ of over 30 random Characters including Special Characters, numbers & upper & lower case letters.   I try to change my ‘Administration Password’ for ...
  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    May 13, 2020
    FURRYe38 wrote:

    Not sure if this applies to Orbi systems:

    https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/What-are-the-password-requirements-for-an-admin-password/td-p/1723453

    I am definitely certain that this does not apply to Orbi systems.  At the most, it is a recommendation that a "strong password" should be at least 8 characters long and have at least one of Upper, Lower, Numeric, and Special characters.  More than one character from each group is clearly allowed.  The question is which special characters are allowed (or conversely, which are not allowed).

     

    This calls out for an experiment.

    • FURRYe38's avatar
      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      May 13, 2020

      Ya I use a simpler PW for my needs thus I haven't tried any special characters. 

       

      Please let us know what you find out Sir. :smileywink:

      CrimpOn wrote:
      FURRYe38 wrote:

      Not sure if this applies to Orbi systems:

      https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/What-are-the-password-requirements-for-an-admin-password/td-p/1723453

      I am definitely certain that this does not apply to Orbi systems.  At the most, it is a recommendation that a "strong password" should be at least 8 characters long and have at least one of Upper, Lower, Numeric, and Special characters.  More than one character from each group is clearly allowed.  The question is which special characters are allowed (or conversely, which are not allowed).

       

      This calls out for an experiment.

       

      • Retired_Member's avatar
        Retired_Member
        May 13, 2020

        Thank you for those people who reply to my question. I will just have to experiment to see what’s acceptable. I did experiment a long time ago, but I forgot what I did.

         

        I hope the people who do the Orbi updates, put a clear message on the ‘Administration Password’ page.

         

        Before we put anything in the password field stating the minimum & maximin number of Characters?

         

        Also, the Characters which is acceptable & those that are not acceptable? Thanks.