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Vulture
Feb 26, 2023Aspirant
RBR-40 'Dropped' Hard-wire Network
Went on 4-day trip and everything was working. Came back and my hard-wired Personal network would not show on any app or computer (2). Only hard-wire network that shows is my Guest one. However, both...
Vulture
Feb 26, 2023Aspirant
Update to original post: Re. tow computers - Desktop is a Dell 8700 and other PC is a Dell Latitude Laptop - both running Windows 10. Both are on same hard-wire that carries both Personal and Guest nets, and have same problem. Neither will show Persona ethernet connection.
- plemansFeb 27, 2023Guru - Experienced User
When hardwired with ethernet, there isn't a "guest" network. The guest network is only using wifi. So whats telling you you're on the guest network? (screenshot is best)
I'm betting its showing it on windows? If so, its how windows ID's your network. Not really a big deal. Maybe the router updated or windows updated and is now identifying it different.