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How can I change my Wi-Fi password?

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Yashu Dhiman

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Answered Sep 29, 2020

Changing your Wi-Fi password has a lot of advantages; it will help you regulate and keep a close tab on your data. When you change your Wi-Fi password, it disconnects other uninvited users from using your data. The steps involved to change your Wi-Fi password on your phone is different from the steps used for the laptop. To change your Wi-Fi password on the phone, go to your settings, click on the hotspot and click on change password, change and save. To change your Wi-Fi password for your computer or laptop, kindly follow the steps below.
1. Open your router’s configuration page. Standard router addresses are 192.168.1.1 for apple 10.0.1.1
2. Enter your router’s username and password.
3. Open the wireless section
4. Change your password
5. Check your security type
6. Change your network name and save settings.

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M. Porter

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Answered Aug 18, 2020

There are various reasons why you may like to change your WiFi password. You may do this in order to keep your network safe, so you need to change it often. Sometimes you may change it so other people will not be able to access it. No matter what your reason is, changing your password is easy as long as you know the steps.

Launch a web browser from the computer or the mobile device from where you are going to change the WiFi password. Go to www.routerlogin.net.

You need to enter the router admin name, and do not forget to change the password.

You need to go to settings to double-check everything.

You can also change the name of your network when you do this.

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E. Austin

E. Austin

E. Austin
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Answered Aug 17, 2020

• To change your Wi-Fi password, follow the following simple steps.

• First launch a web browser from your computer system or a mobile phone which is connected to your router’s network.

• Then enter www.routerlogin.net, which is a login window displays.

• After this has been done; you will enter the username of the admin and then the password.

• The username, in this case, is admin while the password is the one which was specified the very first time you logged in; also note that the password is case-sensitive, this would lead to the dashboard display.

• On your dashboard, select settings and then click on wireless setup.

• On the next window, enter your new network name in the name or SSID field and then enter the new password on the password or network key field.

• After all these processes have been carried out successfully, the next thing is to click on the apply button.

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T. Wikati

T. Wikati

T. Wikati
T. Wikati, Technical Writer, New York

Answered Aug 12, 2020

It is a great idea to frequently change your Wi-Fi password to prevent others from logging onto the network.

These simple steps can be done to change the Wi-Fi password.

• First, open the configuration page for the router. This can be accessed through a web browser, such as Chrome

• Then, enter the name and password for the router.

• From there, open the tab that says Wireless.

• There will be a box titled Password. In that box, you will type the desired new password.

• Then, change the network name, ensuring there is no personal information.
• Lastly, click Save.

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