How do I change password on my router.
 

Just set up a router for the first time, installed driver and followed instructions and everything works fine. Very pleased. I have just realized now that the password I gave is too simple and obvious and want to change it. How do I go about doing this ?? Would I just have to reset the router to factory settings and start afresh or is there more to it ??

The router is a NETGEAR N WIRELESS ROUTER.

Many thanks in advance. Tony.

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

Go to http://www.routerlogin.net log in with the username: admin and the password: password and then you can change it from there.

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

Ben B, thanks very much for the quick response. I will give that a go when I get home. I will let you know how I go on.

---------- Post added at 14:46 ---------- Previous post was at 14:05 ----------

I went to www.routerlogin.net as advised but did not have a clue what I should have been doing next.!! There did not seem to be an exsisting site
and what was there I could not really understand.

I am totally ignorant when it comes to p.c talk, Cheers Tony.

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

Try going to http://192.168.1.1 instead, same username and password

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

Cheers Ben B Im in now. In the left hand column it has maintenance and set password . Now I take it I just type in my password then my new one and click on apply.

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

No the page you want is wireless settings, that password you're talking about is just the password to log in to the router to change the settings.

Ben :)

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

In the wireless settings I have changed the passwords and clicked apply. Everythings changed. I will let you know if it has worked.

Thanks for your help Ben B.

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

Cheers Ben B everything is now working how I wanted it to be.

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

No problem, glad it's all sorted :)

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

Yeah, same thing happened to me. When I wanted to change the password I logged on to 192.168.1.1 and it was a breeze from there.

Re: How do I change password on my router.
 

Just for everyones information http://www.routerlogin.net/ is an internal alias for netgear routers which the router just points to the internal IP. Not sure if it works on any other make of router but does come in handy if you're technically challanged and don't know the internal IP or how to find it ;)