Hey there, I purchased a refurbished R6080 a couple months ago from Amazon, but it seems to still be password protected by the previous user. My free technical support has expired, and I'm not sure how I can get access to configure settings without logging in. Obviously I don't know the answers to the security questions, and am unable to register the product to my Netgear account because it is still tied to the previous owner. I've already tried resetting it, but that didn't seem to remove any of the previous owner's security. Any suggestions?
I purchased a refurbished R6080 a couple months ago from Amazon...
How fast is your Internet service? You are wasting money of it is anything faster than 100 Mbps. That router can't handle it.
According to Netgear's manual for this device, not always the most reliable source of information, the LAN and WAN ports support only 10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX. That makes it slower than many newer internet services and most modern network hardware. This may not matter to you, but be warned that it will hobble you if you ever sign up for faster Internet.
It also slows down whatever is going on in your local network. Newer devices support at least 1000BASE-TX.
.... it seems to still be password protected by the previous user.
