This is a bit less important than the admin one, but you still don't want just any jerk passing by to be able to get on your Wi-Fi network. If the person who controls that gateway is not you, then someone else has control over what you see and do online. Think of it this way: Your home Wi-Fi router is the gateway to the internet. ![]() You can use one of the best password managers to generate and store it, or you can just use an online password generator and then write the password down and keep it someplace safe. The admin password you create should be long, strong and very hard to guess. They could change your router's settings to send you to a fake bank login page when you think you're going to the real thing, or load dodgy firmware that hacks your router. Sophisticated attackers might be able to access your router through the internet - more on that below - and, with your admin password, do whatever they want. ![]() ![]() If you leave the admin password unchanged, anyone who can get on your Wi-Fi network will be able to get into the router's settings and change your access password, add more devices to the network or even change the admin password themselves to lock you out.
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