NETGEAR WNR200v4 user manual Password Recovery, Add Wireless Devices or Computers to Your Network

N300 Wireless Router WNR2000v4

Password Recovery

NETGEAR recommends that you enable password recovery if you change the password for the router’s user name of admin. Then you have an easy way to recover the password if it is forgotten. This recovery process is supported in Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome browsers, but not in the Safari browser.

To set up password recovery:

1.Select Advanced > Administration > Set Password. The Set Password screen displays.

2.Select the Enable Password Recovery check box.

3.Select two security questions and provide answers to them.

4.Click the Apply button.

When you use your browser to access the router, the login window displays. If password recovery is enabled, when you click the Cancel button, the password recovery process starts. You can then enter the saved answers to the security questions to recover the password.

Add Wireless Devices or Computers to Your Network

Choose either the manual or the WPS method to add wireless devices and other equipment to your wireless network. For information about how to set up a guest network, see Guest Network on page 38.

Manual Method

To connect manually:

1.Open the software that manages your wireless connections on the wireless device (laptop computer, gaming device, iPhone) that you want to connect to your router.

This software scans for all wireless networks in your area.

2.Look for your network and select it. If you did not change the name of your network during the setup process, look for the default WiFi network name (SSID) and select it.

The default SSID is located on the product label on the back panel of the router.

3.Enter the router wireless network password (passphrase) and click the Connect button.

The default router passphrase is located on the product label on the back panel of the router.

4.Repeat steps 1–3 to add other wireless devices.

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