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rmoran52
May 16, 2018Tutor
Factory Reset not accepting 'Password'
I attempted to rename the SSID on my new Orbi to my old SSID and used the same password as my old SSID so I didn't need to reconfigure every device. I turned to WiFi off of my Fios Gigabit router the...
rmoran52
May 17, 2018Tutor
Hi, thanks for the reply. I tried several more times and it accpted the password and allowed me to do a fresh install. I haven't attempted to revert to the old SSID so that is a project I will do later. It works fine for the moment. Its currently on the default pw.
FURRYe38
May 17, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Good to hear. I presume something maybe on the client side device may have got hung up. Clear out any old prior wifi profiles or forget this network features. Set up your old SSID and new PW then try again.
Good Luck.