Change Wifi Encryption Settings - NETGEAR Nighthawk M6 Pro User Manual

4. Select Settings > General > WiFi Band.
The WiFi connect page displays.
5. Change the WiFi Name and WiFi Password fields as desired.
6. Click the Apply.
A message displays telling you that to save this change, your device must restart
WiFi connections.
7. Click the Continue button.
Your settings are saved.
All devices that were connected must reconnect with the new name and password.

Change WiFi encryption settings

For information about WiFi security, see Security credentials on page 16.
To change the type of security used for main WiFi:
1. From a computer or WiFi device that is connected to the Nighthawk M6, launch a
web browser.
2. Enter http://192.168.1.1.
The Nighthawk M6 web page displays.
3. Enter the administrator login password.
The default password is attadmin.
The home page displays.
4. Select Settings > General > WiFi Band >More > 5GHz Wireless.
The wireless settings display.
5. In the Encryption menu for main WiFi or guest WiFi, select a security option:
WPA2 Personal AES (default) WPA WPA2 WPA2 WPA3 WPA3 Personal AES>
• WPA2 Personal AES (default). Strong security supported by newer WiFi devices,
the default.
• WPA WPA2
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