When they come to install the router at home, it already comes with a label that informs you of the name and password of the WiFi. However, there are cybersecurity experts who recommend changing the password. If you have contracted Lowi fiber, the process you must follow to do so is quite simple.
Lowi is one of the brands under which Vodafone Spain operates and many Spanish customers contract its fibre services for their homes. If you have this operator’s router at home, you can change the password for the WiFi signal from your computer or mobile phone.
The first thing you’ll need to do is make sure that the device you’re going to change your credentials from is connected to the network. You can do this by plugging it into the router via an Ethernet cable or using WiFi.
Once you have made the relevant checks, you will need to open your trusted web browser. In the address bar, you will have to type ‘http://192.168.1.1’, which is the domain that Lowi uses to log in to the router. Next, you will have to enter your operator username and the password indicated on the sticker on the back of your router.
From this website, Lowi allows you to customize both the network name and the password. Cybersecurity experts generally recommend that we change both. This way, if someone enters our house and we don’t want to give them the WiFi signal, they won’t be able to find out the updated credentials without our consent. In addition, it will be more difficult for the Internet connection network to be compromised.
Within the aforementioned page, other changes related to the router can be made. As indicated by Lowi, you can manage the devices connected to the network, reset the router, or configure a host of options.
What if you use a router other than Lowi?
Lowi also details how you can change the WiFi password if you use a different router than the one provided when you sign up for fibre. Although, as a general rule, Spanish users always use the one provided by the operator, it may be the case that you have another one. In that case, you must also make sure that you are connected to the router, either via WiFi or by connecting a cable to the network. Then, you will have to access the router’s administration panel from a web browser.
In this section, you must enter the IP address, which you can easily find out through tools like What is my IPIf you have never changed your router’s password, the default username and password are ‘admin’. If you get an error after trying this credential, try entering your router’s brand and adding ‘default password’.
Once you’ve logged in, all you have to do is look for the section where you can change your password. The configuration panel will usually be in English, but it’s easy to navigate, as it’s usually called ‘Passphrase’. If you get lost, you can always try translating what it says in Google Translate until you find the section to change the router’s password.
Once you have chosen the new password, you only have to click on Save. When you do this, the router will restart and, for a few moments, you will see that you no longer have a connection. This is because your computer or mobile phone has the network saved with the old password. You only have to ask the device to forget the default password and put the new one in its place.
