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Nighthawk AC1750 R6700 failure to authenticate for configuration backup
I am getting an authenticate error when trying to backup the configuration on a new Nighthawk AC1750 Model R6700 router. It has the latest firmware, V1.0.0.2_1.0.1. A authentication challenge appears and I put the default "admin/password" signon (haven't changed the factory default) but router rejects it. The challenge box says, "Authentication Required / The server http://192.168.1.1:80 requires a username and password. The server says: NETGEAR R6700."
Anyone know why this is a problem?
Wish I could just close this post. Found my error. After multiple failures trying to authenticate (with the wrong password), the Netware Genie will eventually take you to a password reset screen. Go through the routine and it will reveal to you the correct password. In my case, it was actually blank because of some attempts I had made earlier to change the admin password...but that's another story.
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Tried to log into router using 192.162.1.1:80?
Wish I could just close this post. Found my error. After multiple failures trying to authenticate (with the wrong password), the Netware Genie will eventually take you to a password reset screen. Go through the routine and it will reveal to you the correct password. In my case, it was actually blank because of some attempts I had made earlier to change the admin password...but that's another story.
