Sometimes the password recovery does not work because you might not have enabled the password recovery option while settings up your router. If you did enable the option and still Netgear router password recovery not working. Then, you need to reset your router and then reset the password. Type routerlogin.net in a web browser and login through the default credentials. Select on forgot password. Click on reset password. Enter the verification code and type the new password.
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