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StuStJohn
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Apr 10, 2016
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"Sorry, we didn't recognize either your User Name or Password..."

I am trying to log in to my ReadyNAS device and am receiving an error message that makes no sense at all. I know my User Name is correct as I can log in to my Netgear account with it and see the products I have registered. However, when I try to log in to ReadyCLOUD it tells me that my User Name or Password is not recognised. Since I wasn't 100% sure that my password was correct, I requested a Password Reset and successfully reset it. However, the ReadyCLOUD is still giving me this message. I tried looking on this forum and saw a similar pattern that was caused by a server problem at your end on October 9th, but that case was closed, hence my reason for creating a new thread.

 

Any suggestions will be very gratefully received!

 

Best regards,  Stuart St.John

  • The NAS admin username is always admin, and it cannot be changed.

     

    If you do an OS reinstall from the front panel (not the same as a factory reset), then the IP configuration is reset to dhcp, and the admin password is reset back to the factory value.  On the RN102, that is "password".

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  • mdgm-ntgr's avatar
    mdgm-ntgr
    NETGEAR Employee Retired

    Have you tried rebooting your NAS?

    If you login to the local admin page what do you see on the CLOUD tab?

    • StuStJohn's avatar
      StuStJohn
      Aspirant

      Ah, yes...

       

      I have rebooted the NAS several times. The problem with logging in to the NAS is that I can't remember the password! Will the User Name and Password combination be the same as the ones I originally used for my Netgear website Log In, or could they be something entirely different?!

       

      If it turns out that the NAS username/password is separate and I cannot remember it, what are my options?! When I upgraded my computer I thought that I had backed up everything (e-mails, pictures, etc.) but the one thing I had not done was backup the log in/password - these days on a home PC you tick the "remember this password" box and then don't type it any more and consequently forget the wretched thing! (At least at work I have to keep typing my passwords so they get engrained in my brain...)

       

      Once again, any more help very gratefully received!

       

      Thanks,

       

      Stuart.

      • StephenB's avatar
        StephenB
        Guru - Experienced User

        The NAS admin username is always admin, and it cannot be changed.

         

        If you do an OS reinstall from the front panel (not the same as a factory reset), then the IP configuration is reset to dhcp, and the admin password is reset back to the factory value.  On the RN102, that is "password".

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