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Harvey8_
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Jun 06, 2015
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I need to find my password/pin code for my Netgear Router

The tech guy said I can find the pin code/password online for my router. WNDR3800 N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router - premium edition Netgear 25 I'm pretty tech ignorant. So please bare ...
  • Babylon5's avatar
    Jun 06, 2015
    Do you know how to log into the router to check wireless settings? It’s fairly clear how to do this in the manual;

    http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WNDR3800/WNDR3800_UM_23Sept2014.pdf

    When logged in you can change the Wireless passphrase, I don’t think the router will show you the existing passphrase in a readable form, but check anyway. So if you have to, change the passphrase, note it down somewhere, and then for each wireless device that you want to connect to the LAN you will have to use the new passphrase.