How to Change Your Wireless Router's Admin Password?

Go to the router’s administrative console in a browser. Enter the default password when prompted. Look for a password setting or similar field. Enter a new password and save it. Visit the router website for the steps or the location of the settings to change the password. This varies depending on the router brand. This article explains how to change your wireless router's default admin password. It applies broadly to all routers.


How to Change the Default Router Password?

Hackers have been breaking into wireless networks for a long time, but they don't need to hack your wireless if you never changed your wireless router's admin password from its default value. All the hacker needs to do is look up the default password and log in.

To change the default password, open the administrative console in a web browser, enter the default router password and look for a field labeled password or something similar. Directions vary by make and model of router.

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Where to Find a Router Default Password?

You need to know the default password to change it. If you didn't write it down when you set up the router, you can find it in the documentation that came with the router or on the manufacturer's website.


How to Reset the Router if You Can't Remember the Password?

If you changed the password but don't know what it is, and it's not the default value for your model, you have to perform a factory reset to restore the default.

The steps that follow are general. When executed, they wipe all of your router's configuration settings and set them back to their out-of-the-box factory defaults. You have to change all your router's settings, such as your wireless network SSID, password, encryption settings, and so on, after performing this step.

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Press and hold the reset button on the back of your wireless router. You will probably have to hold the reset button from 10 to 30 seconds, depending on your brand of router. If you hold it for too short a time it will simply reboot the router, it will not reset the router so that it reverts back to its factory default settings. On some routers, you may have to use a pin or thumbtack to press the button if it is recessed inside the router.


Reboot vs. Reset: What's the Difference?

Connect a computer to one of your router's Ethernet ports. Most routers offer a browser-accessible administrator page that you must log into in order to access the router's configuration settings. Some routers disable administration through wireless connections, so connect to the router using an Ethernet cable—and don't connect to the router port that says WAN or Internet—before attempting to access the router's configuration page.


Enter the IP address of your router's administrative interface in your browser's address bar. Most routers have what is called a nonroutable internal IP address, such as 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.0.1. This internal address cannot be accessed from the internet, but if accessed from within the network connects to the router directly.

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Some standard addresses include:

  • Apple: 10.0.1.1
  • ASUS: 192.168.1.1
  • Belkin: 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1
  • Buffalo: 192.168.11.1
  • DLink: 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1
  • Linksys: 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1
  • Netgear: 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.0.227

You may have to consult your specific router's manual for the correct address or check a site such as RouterIPaddress.com.

Enter the default administrator login name and the default administrator password. Locate the default admin name and password for your specific router by checking the manufacturer's website or looking for a sticker on the side or bottom of the router. In many cases, the login name is admin and the password is blank—which is why changing the password is such a vital security requirement.

Change the router's admin password. Instructions vary by router manufacturer, but in general, look for the security settings page. Change the administrator credentials. If you can, change the username. When you reset the password, enter a strong complex password.

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Router Passwords vs. Network Passwords

Your router's administrative password is not the same as the password to access your Wi-Fi. In fact, you should not use the same password for both purposes.

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