How to change the password on a wi-fi router

How to change the password on a wi-fi router

The password on the router can be installed after purchase, or change the fact of use. It is also possible to work without a pass code, or with standard Admin \\ admin combinations. Below we will figure it out how to assign a new password for a WiFi router, as well as change the old one.



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How to change the password on a wi-fi router

  • To make any manipulation with the router, go to his web interface opened by any browser at a standard address 192.168.1.1 (the last digit varies depending on which the device is connected to which LAN port). In the opposite case, you should contact the documentation for your router, search it on the network.
  • If you entered in the address bar 192.168. *. * And got to the welcoming window of the router, the latter will need to enter a password and login for authorization.
  • If you or another host of the Pass code device are not installed, the default data is relevant - the name Admin, Admin password. With these data, you should get into the settings menu immediately.
  • If the device writes that the data entered is not correct, recheck again, whether Ctrl will not be covered, the layout is correctly selected.
  • The final stage of manipulations with the router is to restart its special reset button to factory characteristics. It is placed on the device case, consider it from all sides and will definitely find (reboot will be signed, or not signed at all, unlike other named buttons). Click it, the router will reset any changes made, and you can enter the settings menu under the standard Admin \\ Admin login and password.



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How to set a new password for WiFi on a router?

Going in the router menu through the web interface, you can see different from the usual sections and subsections. However, all of them follow the general logic - read the article, read the images, and you can quickly navigate in the router settings of almost any model.

For example, consider the menu of the popular category of devices from the manufacturer Huawei. After passing the authorization, go to the "Basic" menu, looking for a string of WPA Pre-Shared Key and enter your own password, which is obliged to contain at least 8 characters. It will be your pass on the Wi-Fi network, that is, for connecting to the Internet. Therefore, when you confirm and save the changes on all computers that are connected to your network, the password will also need to be changed (otherwise there will be no access to the worldwide network).

If you want to change the password to log in to the router interface, go to the "Maintenance" tab, subsection "Account", already here are the right login \\ password in the appropriate lines. Do not forget to save the changes with the "Submit" button. These settings will not affect the Internet connection. But the next time you enter the router web interface you will need to enter new login \\ password. If other people use the router, do not forget to inform them of these important data.

If you still have questions regarding the password settings on a Wi-Fi router, see useful videos, in detail and step by step clarifying this process.

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