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Ski01
Jul 10, 2020Follower
What is this referring too?
Hi All,
Never done this type of set up before. During set up the attached message for a username and password is required after putting ino my url 192.168.1.1. What is this referring to please? Completely lost so any help appreciated.
2 Replies
- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
When the Orbi comes "out of the box", the administrative web interface is set to the credentials "admin" and "password".
"admin" cannot be changed (a holdover from many, many years ago) and the user is encouraged to change the password to something more private.
- CrimpOnGuru - Experienced User
This is explained starting on page 13 of the User Manual:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/RBK50/Orbi_UM_EN.pdf