@dorisjean62 wrote:
Needing Help! Where on this god forsaken site can I access to change my Router password?
There are actually three passwords for Netgear Orbi systems, so it might help to clarify which of them needs to be changed.
- The Orbi comes "out of the box", preset with a WiFi name (SSID) and password that are printed on the product label.
Many people change them (both) to something else. There is an option in the Orbi web interface to change this password.on the "Wireless" web page. If the Orbi is "Factory Reset" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMw4ePACgc4 , then the WiFi name and password are reset to the values on the product label. - The Orbi also has a password protecting the administrative web interface. "Out of the box" the credentials are set to "admin" and "password". During setup, the user is hounded (almost forced) to change the password to something hard to guess. The user name remains "admin" and cannot be changed from the web interface. This password can be changed on the Orbi web interface by clicking on the Advanced Tab, Administration, Set Password. BUT... what if the user enters a password and the Orbi rejects it as invalid? In that case there are two options: (a) be rejected three times in a row and the Orbi will bring up a web page offering to perform "Password Recovery" in which the user enters the product serial number and answers some personal questions exactly as they were entered during setup. (I have done this, and it works. It also does not work if the three questions were not entered correctly during setup. I have done that, also.) (b) Perform a "Factory Reset" (see above) and the admin password is reset to "password."
- The Orbi "app" also has credentials: the user name and password used to access this forum.
So, not knowing precisely which password needs to be changed (and why), this is "what I got."
Hope it helps.
