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warriorseries
May 20, 2016Star
Can not login to admin page after firmware 6.5 update and Netgear account upgrade
Thanks to the "upgrade" I was forced to get a new account with netgear and now I can no longer access the admin page of my NAS, despite resetting the password several times. Anyone else having this ...
- May 20, 2016
The procedure to do an OS Re-install is described here: http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/20898/~/readynas-%26-readydata%3A-boot-menu
kohdee
May 20, 2016NETGEAR Expert
What about the default admin/password?
If you logged in via "admin" then your password should not have changed.
if you logged in via your ReadyCLOUD account, then you can try logging into the UI using your NETGEAR account credentials.
- warriorseriesMay 20, 2016Star
I've tried previous passwords/logins and default login, no change.
- mdgm-ntgrMay 20, 2016NETGEAR Employee Retired
You can reset the local admin password by doing an OS Re-install. Have you tried that?
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