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peabody1929
Feb 26, 2014Aspirant
Password Recovery but No Email
I have forgotten the password for my ReadyNAS NV+. I went to the URL on my network for the ReadyNAS password_recovery: https://192.168.1.xx/password_recovery. The ReadyNAS password recovery page cam...
StephenB
Feb 27, 2014Guru - Experienced User
To reset the password you do an OS reinstall. That changes the IP configuration to DHCP and the admin password to factory default (which would be netgear1 in your case). Other settings (and data) should remain intact. The procedure is on page 23 of the hardware manual here: http://www.readynas.com/download/docume ... 6Dec11.pdf
After you get back in, you should test email alerts, and make sure they are working for you.
After you get back in, you should test email alerts, and make sure they are working for you.
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