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PJSaaf
Aspirant
Jul 24, 2017
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Night Hawk Security

Net gear sent an email about an action alert.   New software needs to be installed on my Night Hawk.  The admin username or password they have does not match what I have so I can't update the softwar...
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    JamesGL
    Jul 26, 2017

    Hi PJSaaf,

     

    Did you change the password before? The default username is admin(cannot be changed) and the password is password. If you cannot remember, then you may reset the router.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 26, 2017

Hi PJSaaf,

 

Did you change the password before? The default username is admin(cannot be changed) and the password is password. If you cannot remember, then you may reset the router.

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JamesGL
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jul 31, 2017

Hi PJSaaf,

 

We’d greatly appreciate hearing your feedback letting us know if you need further assistance.