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duke_jupiter
Jul 26, 2022Follower
New firmware update R6900V2
The firmware updated the password policy. This was not mentioned in the change log. The new policy does not allow my password change due to two repeating special characters out of 14. How do I overri...
FURRYe38
Jul 26, 2022Guru - Experienced User
What FW version had been loaded before this update?
Just FYI NG has been rolling out new admin PW requirements across all product lines. Before we could use 8 characters, it's now 10. No repeating characters. I presume this falls under there "Fixes security bugs" entries. Which one it came in on, don't know. I see this for one version of FW:
https://kb.netgear.com/000061169/R6900v2-Firmware-Version-1-2-0-62
However, I doubt the new change was in back then.
You can't over ride this.