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my wifi router password changed in the middle of the night to vinilla boat
lost wifi for all devices due to a password change.
I don't think I have been hacked.
Is it possible or did the router hiccup???
No support from netgear sucks!
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Philasdqwd wrote:lost wifi for all devices due to a password change.
I don't think I have been hacked.
Is it possible or did the router hiccup???
No support from netgear sucks!
The Wi-Fi password and the admin password to access the user interface pages are two different passwords unless you set them up the same.
The default Wi-Fi password is printed on the label plate on the back of your device. Have you tried to connect to the Wi-Fi using the default password?
Have you tried to log into the user interface using what you think is the admin password? If successful, you can go to the Wi-Fi setup page and see the Wi-Fi password.
2 different passwords.
I am able to login in. I change the wifi pass back to what it was.
is vanilla boat a default password for wifi? that is what it was changed to.
Can this change happen by its self? That is the question?
hard to believe that I was hacked
Philasdqwd wrote:2 different passwords.
I am able to login in. I change the wifi pass back to what it was.
is vanilla boat a default password for wifi? that is what it was changed to.
Can this change happen by its self? That is the question?
hard to believe that I was hacked
The default Wi-FI password is definitely not two words with a space in between. I am really surprised it even worked.
The change cannot happen by itself without other changes along with it. Such as a firmware default reset that changes the user interface password to default (password) plus the Wi-Fi SSID and password to the default values printed on the label plate on the back of the device.
If you suspect it happened without your help, better change both the user interface password along with the Wi-Fi connection password to something different.
Do you have automatic firmware updates enabled? If yes, recommend you turn them off.
If you review the connected devices list, can you positively identify each and every device that is connected?
