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Nighthawk R6700 password recovery
I would like to change the channel on My Nighthawk R6700, but the router login is not accepting my password. So I tried the steps to recover the password, but it is not working either. In the a...
I factory reset the router, but it didn’t bring it back to it’s original setting.
That's wrong. A reset really should get you back to the defaults.
Try this:
- Press reset for 30 seconds
- Keep pressing reset while removing power
- Keep pressing reset for another 30 seconds while apply power
The loop you got stuck in is a Netgear bug/feature. If password recovery is on, but the iuser hasn't t set up some answers, it keeps going round in circles.
I factory reset the router, but it didn’t bring it back to it’s original setting.
That's wrong. A reset really should get you back to the defaults.
Try this:
- Press reset for 30 seconds
- Keep pressing reset while removing power
- Keep pressing reset for another 30 seconds while apply power
The loop you got stuck in is a Netgear bug/feature. If password recovery is on, but the iuser hasn't t set up some answers, it keeps going round in circles.
Well done.
It is your call, but when you get in there, check pout the password recovery thing. Don't leave it on with no security answers set. Either set up the answers or turn that feature off.
That's what I do on the grounds that there is no one near me to hack into the router.
I setup the password recovery (and answers) after the reset. :-) This has been strange because I did the same thing when I first installed the router, and I printed out the answers but perhaps the system never saved it.
Just know I deeply appreciate your help!