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thierry8p's avatar
Oct 07, 2019
Solved

Unable to change the default password on Switch

I am on mac osX 10.13.6

I cannot change the password on the switch GS308E

I paste the new password in

After clicking Apply

nothing happens

 

Note to Netgear: I can't beleive the default password is "password", should be the serial number of the machine. We need stuff to be secure out of the box.

  • WOW, I just found the solution to the issue.

    When pasting, there is a Javascript that does NOT get activated. Unless a key is TYPED in.

     

    Pasting the password, adding a space and deleting the space triggers the JS...

    Then "Apply" works.

     

    To be fixed in front end code to allow pasting. 

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  • WOW, I just found the solution to the issue.

    When pasting, there is a Javascript that does NOT get activated. Unless a key is TYPED in.

     

    Pasting the password, adding a space and deleting the space triggers the JS...

    Then "Apply" works.

     

    To be fixed in front end code to allow pasting. 

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