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admin password
hello! Trying to reset my network name on my Gghz network. On my laptop, I goto routerlogin.net and I have logged into my account using my email address and a new password. Eveything points me to ...
DaveNarloch wrote:
Are these passwords supposed to be the same? (should I be able to use the same password for 'admin' (on the app) and on the web (routerlogin.net) using my email address? ---- or are they seperate and potentially can be different?)
No, there is a _local_ router login username admin (fixed default username) and a _cloud_ account (for Access Anywhere, for ReadyCloud over the Internet) ... but not for the local login - thus the App does require for the admin password, too.
Complete new to me the routerlogin.net does require (or even allows) using the Netgear cloud login with the email username - using admin and my local admin password here: