A user cannot change the username of the routerlogin.net, only the login password of the Netgear Router login window can be changed. Every time a user login to the web interface of routerlogin.net, he has to specify “admin” as the username of the login window. You can only recover the password of the routerlogin.net, only in one condition that you must have enabled the Password Recover feature in the first place. You must have enabled the Password Recovery feature if you want to recover the login password of the routerlogin.net window.

Steps to enable the Password Recovery feature of the routerlogin.net

1.  Open a browser on the computer or desktop connected to the local network.
2. Go to the address bar of the browser and type www.routerlogin.net as the URL of your browser. You also can type the LAN IP address of your Netgear Router on the address bar of your browser to get to the default Netgear Router login window.
3. Hit the enter button and you will be redirected to the default routerlogin.net window.
4. Take your cursor to the username tab field and type “admin” on the username field and mention the password that you assigned during the Netgear Router setup process. Both the login name and password are case-sensitive.
5. Click on the login button and you will be redirected to the routerlogin.net main window.
6. Select the Advanced tab, click on the Administration tab then click on the Set Password tab and you will be redirected to the Set Password page.
7. To enable the Password Recovery option, you need to select the “Enable Password Recovery” checkbox.
8. Now, you need to select the two security questions you will assign as for security purposes. You also have to provide the answers to both the security questions that you will assign.
9. Click on the Apply button and the settings you configured will get eventually saved.

Note: Make sure that the two security questions you will assign are related to you in some manner so that when you recover the login password of the routerlogin.net you can easily answer those two security questions. For your convenience, you can also note down the answers to those security questions so that you can easily answer them while recovering the login password of the Netgear Router login window.

Note: Users are recommended to enable the Password Recovery feature right after the setup process so that you don’t have to restore the default settings into the router in case you forget the login password of the Netgear Router login window.

Steps to recover the password for the routerlogin.net window

In the above steps, there are instructions to enable the Password Recovery feature after which you have to learn the steps to recover the login password of the routerlogin.net window. Without enabling the password recovery feature, you cannot recover the password of your Netgear Router.

1. Open the browser on your desktop or computer connected to the Internet.
2. Type www.routerlogin.net on the address bar of your browser. You also can type the LAN IP address of the Netgear Router as the URL of your browser to get to the default Netgear Router login window.
3. Hit the enter button and you will be redirected to the default Netgear Router login window.
4. Now, instead of typing the login credentials, you have to click on the Cancel button. You will be redirected to the next window if Password Recovery is enabled in the web interface of your Netgear Router.
5. You will be prompted to enter the Serial Number of your Netgear Router. You can check the Serial number of your device on the label of your Netgear Router.
6. Click on the Continue button and a window appears on the screen requesting the answer to those security questions that you assigned while enabling the Password Recovery feature of the routerlogin.net.
7. Type the answers to those security questions that you saved.
8. As soon as you are done answering those security questions, click on the Continue button. A window will appear displaying within the recovered login window.
9. Click on the Login again option to reach the Netgear Router login window to again login to the routerlogin.net

What if I don’t change the default password for routerlogin.net?

The default password for the routerlogin.net login window is “password” that you can apply during the Netgear Router Setup process. After the Netgear Router setup process, a user can change the default password anytime and for any desired amount of time through the routerlogin.net window. If a user wants to change the default password but is unable to change it, you can erase all the current settings and get the default one that can resolve this issue.

Steps to erase the current configuration settings in a routerlogin.net window

1. Launch a browser on your computer connected to the Wi-Fi network.
2. Type either www.routerlogin.net or www.routerlogin.com on the web address of the browser you opened. You can also type the LAN IP address on the web address of your browser. The LAN IP address of a Netgear Router is 192.168.1.1
3. Hit the enter button and the default Netgear Router login window appears on the screen.
4. Type “admin” on the username tab and mention the password that you typed earlier while logging into the routerlogin.net window. If you haven’t changed the default password type “password” on the password field as a default password.
5. Both the login credentials are case-sensitive, turn off the Caps lock for lowercase letters and turn it on while typing the uppercase letters.
6. Go to the Advanced tab, select the Administration tab and then click on the Backup settings tab. As soon as you tap it the Backup settings page displays on the screen.
7. Locate the Erase button and click on it. When you click on the Erase button, the router starts resetting the configuration settings to the default, and when the process gets completed your router automatically restarts. The process will take around 3 to 4 minutes.

WARNING: Do not interrupt the reset process to avoid the risk of corrupting the firmware. You can avoid the corruption of Firmware by avoiding these activities for example closing off the browser, clicking a link on the current browser, loading a new tab on the webpage, Turning off your router.

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