How To Find Your Netgear Wireless Router Password

Troubleshoot common router admin page errors

Q1 – How to apply the router password recovery feature?

By default your username is admin and countersign is password. However if y'all take inverse the default settings and take previously set "Password Recovery" feature on so –

Open your login interface at routerlogin.net or routerlogin.com. Alternatively yous tin can use 192.168.1.ane or 192.168.0.1.
When prompted Authentication Required dialog box click "Cancel".
You lot will be at present on Router Password Recovery folio where yous require to enter the router's Serial Number which you will find at the back of your router.
Click Proceed and in the adjacent folio answer two of the security questions you have previously prepare. (If yous oasis't set, refer to Q5).
Click Continue and your countersign volition exist recovered.

Q2 – I am unable to gain access to router admin settings page.

There can be several reasons why you may not exist able to access the router admin folio. Below we discussed some of well-nigh mutual questions and answers.

Q3 – How to update my wireless router firmware?

New firmware version comes with latest security updates and bug fixes which is why it is always recommended to keep your router software upwards-to-date.

Whenever a router firmware update is bachelor it volition notify yous in the settings page. To perform an update –

Get to ADVANCED > Administration > Router Update.
In firmware update assistant page, if an update is found > click Aye.
Now it will automatically download and update the new software from NETGEAR server.

Note:The whole process takes about 2 minutes, do not plow off power or reset the router meanwhile. Your router will reboot once successfully updated.