Beginner’s Guide to Enable Netgear Password Recovery Feature

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If you have recently changed the admin password of your Netgear wireless range extender, consider enabling the Netgear password recovery feature. We are suggesting this because you might forget the changed password in the future and would need a way to recover it. And enabling this feature is ‘that’ way.

Walk through the guidelines mentioned below and learn how to enable the Netgear password recovery feature on your wireless range extender.

To Enable Netgear Password Recovery Feature:

• Plug your Netgear wireless range extender into a power socket.
• Press the Power button.
• Get an Ethernet cable and use it to connect your extender and home router.
• Switch on your PC.
• Open an internet browser.
• In the address bar of your browser, type mywifiext.net.
• Press the Enter key.
• You will be taken to the official login page of your Netgear extender.
• Input the default admin details and click the Log In button.
• Head over to the Settings menu.
• Select Maintenance > Set Password.
• Click the Enable Password Recovery option.
• Answer any two security questions and click the Apply button.
• Your settings will get saved in some time.

In this manner, you will be able to enable the Netgear password recovery feature on your wireless range extender. If you find this process a little difficult to execute, get in touch with our technical experts.

What happened? Don’t want to do that? Feel like resolving the issue on your own? Well then, follow the troubleshooting hacks mentioned below.

Can’t Enable Netgear Password Recovery Feature?

1. Reboot Your Netgear Extender

Rebooting the device is one of the easiest ways to get rid of technical issues. You should give it a try too. Follow the instructions mentioned below and learn how to reboot your wireless range extender:

• Disconnect your devices that are accessing Netgear_ext.
• Also, disconnect your extender from your home router.
• Power off your extender and unplug it from its power socket.
• Let your device rest for some time.
• Thereafter, plug your extender back into its wall socket and turn it on.
• Do not forget to reconnect your extender to your home router.

Are you done rebooting your Netgear wireless range extender? Good. Now, check whether you can enable the Netgear password recovery feature. Still can’t? Follow the next hack.

2. Get Rid of WiFi Interference

If your Netgear wireless range extender or router is placed near cordless phones, washing machines, baby monitors, Bluetooth speakers, mirrors, fish tanks, treadmills, televisions, refrigerators, microwave ovens, aluminum studs, utensils containing water, etc. – consider changing its location right away.

The reason being such things can cause interference in the WiFi signals of your extender, thereby degrading its performance and forcing you to face issues similar like the one you are currently stuck with.

3. Perform Netgear Firmware Update

Last but not least, make sure that your Netgear wireless range extender is running on its updated firmware version.

In order to update the firmware of your device, you can use both the Manual method and the Nighthawk app. The choice is yours.

Are you done following these troubleshooting hacks? If yes, try to enable the Netgear password recovery feature on your device.

The Conclusion

Enabling the Netgear password recovery feature on your wireless range extender will be really helpful if you have forgotten the admin password. You will be able to recover it within minutes without anyone’s help by enabling this feature.

We hope that after following the guidelines mentioned above, you will be able to enable the Netgear password recovery feature. On the off chance you are still not able to execute the process, it is recommended that you get in touch with our experts. No matter at what hour of the day you ping them, they are always on the ball to help out users struggling with extender-related issues.