Set or Change the WiFi Password of a D-Link DIR 300N Series Router in Windows 7

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You are watching VisiHow! This is a tutorial on how to set up a WiFi password on the D-Link DIR 300N-series. Find the IP address of the router. To find the IP address of the router, refer to the following VisiHow article: https://visihow.com/Find_the_IP_Address_of_Your_Router_in_Windows_7.

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   Open up a browser and wait for it to open

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   Any browser will do. For this tutorial, Google Chrome is used.

   

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   Click on the address bar of the browser

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   In Google Chrome, this can be done in any new or existing tab.

   

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   Type in the IP address of the router in the address bar of the browser

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   The IP address for this demonstration is 192.168.0.1.

   

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   Press Enter

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   The router user interface will open. Provided that the original login and password have not been changed, the default login is "admin" and the default password is "admin" too. If the password has been changed to a forgotten or unknown one, perform a Factory Reset of the device. Push and hold the reset button on the back of the router with a pin or paperclip for ten seconds to do so.

   

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   Press Enter once the login and password are entered

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   Click "Configure WiFi" on the page

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   The next page will be open.

   

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   Click "Next" on the right side to open the next page

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   Change the SSID of the router, if required, on the newly opened "Basic settings" page

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   The SSID is the name that is displayed for the WiFi connection.

   

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   Click "Next" on the right side to open the next page

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    Click the arrow next to "Open" to reveal a drop-down menu

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    "Network Authentication" is set to "Open" by default.

    

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    Click "WPA2-PSK" in the drop-down menu

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    Additional settings will be shown.

    

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    Enter the desired password in the "Encryption Key PSK" field

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    In the tutorial, the password is "VisiHow.com".

    

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    Click "Next" on the right side to open the next page

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    Scroll down and press "Save"

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    Wait for the router to save its new settings. While the router is saving the settings, the whole page will be greyed out. All the changes are saved for the current session only.

    

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    To save the configuration settings to the memory of the router, click "Save" in the yellow area of the page

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    After that, the password will be set.

    

    This concludes our tutorial on how to set up a WiFi password on the D-Link DIR 300N-series. Thank you for watching VisiHow! If you have any other comments or questions, please leave them in the comment section below.

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