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elmariachi112
Mar 03, 2017Aspirant
Genie won't let me change my router password.
Through the netgear genie I can see everything that is going on except I cannot access the area that lets me change my password. it keeps saying no router connected and to make sure my router is supp...
liweasel
Mar 04, 2017Aspirant
same issue here although for some reason I am able to access it from a browser on my iphone. I was not able to access the router settings through mywifiext.net on the iphone. I had to enter the router IP address on the iphone browser and access that way. You might want to try that.
elmariachi112
Mar 05, 2017Aspirant
Thank you for sharing you experience. Unfortunatly it did not work for me. I tried it on my computer and phone. Nothing would happen. I keep seeing the work firmware. Is this something I should investigate? I don't even know what it is.
- DexterJBMar 06, 2017NETGEAR Moderator
Hi elmariachi112,
You can change the router password via a browser. You can check the link below for the steps.
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20026
Regards,
Dexter
Community Team