NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
Netgear AC1200
Hi All,
Can someone please help. My son has locked everyone and our devices out of our Netgear AC1200 router and blocks us all day from using the internet so he may play games without lagging. I cannot even access the router through Ethernet as he has changed usernames and passwords blocking my access. I have switched off the router so no one can use the internet but this is unfair to the others in the household who require it and are well behaved. I need to beat my son at his own game because he thinks he now controls the household. How can I access the router, change the passwords and block him from all access? Help is much appreciated.
> [...] our Netgear AC1200 router [...]
"AC1200" is a speed, not a model number. Ever helpful, Netgear
product packaging emphasizes speeds like "ACxxxx", but that's not the
model identifier. Look at the label.
> [...] I need to beat my son [...]
You may be right. Certainly some sort of discipline would be an
improvement over game playing.
> [...] How can I access the router, change the passwords and block him
> from all access?
Disconnect it from everything but power, and use the Reset button.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "factory settings"
and/or " reset ". Then connect one (your) device to it, and set a
non-default password. Then stop your son from performing the same
procedure.
2 Replies
> [...] our Netgear AC1200 router [...]
"AC1200" is a speed, not a model number. Ever helpful, Netgear
product packaging emphasizes speeds like "ACxxxx", but that's not the
model identifier. Look at the label.
> [...] I need to beat my son [...]
You may be right. Certainly some sort of discipline would be an
improvement over game playing.
> [...] How can I access the router, change the passwords and block him
> from all access?
Disconnect it from everything but power, and use the Reset button.
Visit http://netgear.com/support , put in your model number, and look
for Documentation. Get the User Manual. Look for "factory settings"
and/or " reset ". Then connect one (your) device to it, and set a
non-default password. Then stop your son from performing the same
procedure.And when you have done that, and given your router a password that your son cannot hack, look into the possibility of using parental controls. Maybe your router supports this feature.
