What are the steps to validate your Netgear router?
Having a wireless connection with your Netgear router is important to secure the integrity of your PC as well as the data stored on it. It is essential to configure your router so that you can encrypt the wireless signal. Once encryption is enabled, now users with the correct login credentials will be able to validate a router. You can set its request wireless authentication by creating an encryption key via its web-based interface. You can follow these given steps to authenticate your Netgear router.
Steps to follow:
Turn on your PC and go to “Start” menu and then type “Internet” in its search box and press “Enter”. This way your internet explorer will open and you can any browser of your choice.
Next, you have to type routerlogin.com in the web browser and then press enter. A login will open and enter admin name in the username box and type your password and default password is password.
Now go to white “wireless settings” link that you can setup in the left section. Here, you’ll be able to see network and security related configurations at the centre of your browser window.
Next, you need to find “Security Section” and then select "WPA2-PSK [AES]" radio button. This way you’ll be able to create a passphrase section.
Now create a password where you can make use of letters and number in “Passphrase” field and click on “Apply”.
Now close your web browser and go to wireless icon on your system tray to expand your wireless network.
Choose your connection and click on “Connect” button and type passphrase you set when you try to prompt and click on “Okay”. Now you have efficiently set up authentication on your Netgear router.
With these helpful steps, you can easily authenticate your router for a successful use of this device for your PC. If you are not able to do so or not able to authenticate it then an ideal choice is to converse with an expert by dialing Netgear support number 1-800-954-282.