Changing the extender.linksys.com password is not a very difficult task to perform. Well, it can be easily understood by the below information.

In today’s world, it becomes necessary for the user to change the extender.linksys.com default password. It is so because the default password for Linksys extender is very easy to guess by most of the users as well as hackers. However, to secure your Wi-Fi network from the other users, it becomes very necessary to change the password.

Steps to change the extender.linksys.com password

Following are the quick steps to change the password for extender.linksys.com.

1.     Firstly, the user need  to place the Linksys Wi-Fi extender in contact to the networking router, Then, make a connection in between them by using the Ethernet cable.

2.     Open your web-enabled device, for instance, laptop or computer. Launch the preferred web browser to log in to the web based setup page of the extender.linksys.com. There are 2 methods through which one can log in to Linksys extender setup page.

a.     Using the http://extender.linksys.com URL.

b.     Through the internet protocol address 192.168.1.1.

Note: Do not try to type the http://extender.linksys.com web address or default IP address in the search field of the internet browser.

3.     Now, type the Linksys Wi-Fi extender’s username along with the password. In a situation, if the user changed the default password, then try to use new password instead of old one.

4.     Thus, the extender.linksys.com setup page displayed. Click on the Management option available inside the administration tab.

5.     Now, in the next step, provide the preferred Linksys Wi-Fi extender administrator password for extender.linksys.com in the column of “Extender password”.  To confirm the new administrator password, re-enter the password.