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Changing your D-Link Router password

 
Changing your D-Link  Router password
 
 Your D-Link router’s default values of "admin" as the user name and no entry in the Password field are well-known to hackers. If these values are not changed, it’s easier for hackers to access your network and information. It’s important that you not only change your user name and password from the default, but that you continue to change it regularly.

There are two accounts set up on your router: the User and Administrator accounts. Because the Administrator account can make changes to your network settings, it’s very important to change the Administrator user name and password.
 
It is strongly recommended that you change your router password often.

  1. Open a Web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox.

  2. Enter http://192.168.0.1 in the Address field. 

  3. Enter your router user name and password.

  4. Select the Tools tab and click Admin.

Figure depicting the D Link administration screen
 

  1. Enter a new Administrator user name in the Login Name field.

  2. Enter a new password in the New Password field.

  3. Enter the password again in the Confirm Password field.

  4. Click Apply.

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