Forget Username and Password of My Apple Airport Router

Sometimes, you may forget the username and password for your router. So if you are one of the Apple airport router users and you have forgotten the password and username of the router, then you should consider a few things to get out of this trouble like try performing a soft reset on your Apple airport, performing a hard reset on your Apple airport and go through the settings to change the details.

A short reset will turn off all security features for 5 minutes until you plug in the router to a power source, but a hard reset will set the router back to its factory default settings.

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If you have forgotten Apple Airport Username & Password then you can try these things -

Soft Reset Apple Airport-

By performing a soft reset on Apple Airport router, all security features will get disabled (including access control & radius settings) for 5 minutes and in this time period you can easily join the network & make the desired changes.

If due to any reason you are unable to make any changes then the base station then the base station will revert to its former settings.

1. Connect base station to the power supply and hold the reset button for 1 second.
2. Then go to menu bar and click on WiFi status menu. Then choose your WiFi network that is created by your base station.
3. Navigate to the Applications folder and then tap on Utility > Airport Utility. In Airport Utility, click the icon of your base station and then tap on Edit button.
4. Now change your base station's username and password and click on Update button when everything gets complete.

Hard Reset Apple Airport extreme

You can perform the hard reset when your base station is unresponsive. Although a hard reset will reset the base station to an unconfigured state but retain the last saved configuration and also allow you to restore your router to previous settings.

1. Connect your base station to the power supply and hold the Reset button for 5 seconds. Wait for 1 minute so that your base station can restart.
2. Then open Airport Utility that is located in Applications folder> Utility folder.
3. Tap on “WiFi devices” button and choose your base station from the list.
4. Next, tap on Edit>Other Options>Restore Previous Settings. Once you see “Setup is complete” message, click on Done.

Follow These Steps to Change Wireless Password on Your Apple Airport Router -

• First of all, you have to open Airport Utility by clicking on Applications> Airport Utility.
• Now your device will be shown on your system’s screen, just click on it and then tap on Edit button.
• Then tap on Wireless. Now you can check all WiFi settings that you have made earlier.
• In the next step, move to the box labeled as “Wireless Password” and enter a different password in it.

• Also, confirm the password by entering same values in the box labeled as “Verify Password”. In fact, if you wish to change wireless network name and security type then you can change them also.
• Once you have changed the wireless password,
• Click on Update button to save entire settings.