NETGEAR DG824M - Manual (Page 52)

Reference Manual for the Model DG824M Wireless ADSL Modem Gateway
4-2 Protecting Your Network
2. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select Set
Password to bring up the menu shown in
Figure 4-2 .
Figure 4-2: Set Password menu
3. To change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password twice.
4. Click Apply to save your changes.
Note: After changing the password, you will be required to log in again to continue the
configuration. If you have backed up the gateway settings previously, you should do a new
backup so that the saved settings file includes the new password.
Procedure 4-1: Changing the Administrator Login Timeout
For security, the administrator's login to the gateway configuration will timeout after a period of
inactivity. To change the login timeout period:
1. In the Set Password menu, type a number in ‘Administrator login times out’ field.The
suggested default value is 5 minutes.
2. Click Apply to save your changes or click Cancel to keep the current period.