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Netgear n900 wireless dual band wndr4500v2
I am switching out my WiFi router to a different brand. It still works just old. Problem I want to either donate or recycle it but the password is listed on the equipment. I want to either change the password or clear out info. Can someone help?
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- Do a factory reset, either through the firmware GUI or pressing the reset button for 10 sec.
Jgray27408 wrote:
Problem I want to either donate or recycle it but the password is listed on the equipment.If that is the password on the label – and not just something you wrote on the thing – a reset won't change that. It is there by default. But there is no security risk. It won't be on your network,
When someone buys a new router, Netgear goes out of its way to urge you to change the Wi-Fi password.
In the decade since your wndr4500v2 was released, security concerns have become so important that newer routers try to prevent you from using that default password beyond the setup stage.
