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AJ08
Tutor
Oct 19, 2026

WAX210 Management Password Issue?

What a miserable setup experience I've had with this device. I went through the same process and finally used Password!1 and it finally took it. Hopefully this helps someone else in the future. 

3 Replies

  • I am a Mac user and the password that it refused to allow me to log in with after I set it had a $, one uppercase letter, three numbers, and three lower case letters. 

    • schumaku's avatar
      schumaku
      Guru - Experienced User

      Asking as not owning or operating any WAX210:

       

      You report hat the initial password requirements at day zero  are accepting and passing passwords, whenever initially accepted password don't allow the login later on? Reads like a bug to me.

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User

    Are you (like Cetus​ ) also an Apple user? The crux is in the At least one special character, such as the following characters: @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) !  password "requirements".

     

    What easily looks like a usual special character  can translate under the hood to something else once submitted -and- stored. Good example might be the - "a "Hyphen" - which in some regions/languages/countries defaults to an "En Dash" or an "Em Dash" — but looks extremely similar to most users: 

     

    MarkSymbolApproximate WidthMain Purpose
    Hyphen-ShortestJoins words (e.g., well-being) or divides words at line breaks.
    En Dash–Width of a capital NMarks ranges of numbers, dates, or time (e.g., 1939–1945, pages 12–18).
    Em Dash—Width of a capital MIndicates a strong pause, interruption, or parenthetical thought (e.g., She knew the answer—she just wouldn't say it).

      

    Just one example, out of many....

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