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Wrong network password
I was trying to reconnect via wifi to my HP printer. It asked me for the network password. I typed it in and it said it was the wrong password, but it wasn't. I tried to connect to another printer th...
- Using a device (computer? laptop?) that is already connected to the Nighthawk router (wired? WiFi?) I tried using a laptop, desktop and phone that are all connected via wifi except the laptop is wired.
- Attempt to connect to the HP printer how? (using the printer's IP address? through the computer "Settings"?) The printers were already connected at one time. They lost the connection and I was trying to reconnect them. I tried reconnection thru both my phone setting and laptop settings and it says couldn't connect to network, incorrect password. It is the correct password. It's on the physical router/wifi device
- How is it established that the printer is asking for a network password? When I try to connect thru wifi on my phone it asks for the password.
Try disabling WPA on the modem and see if the printer will connect to it in the open. If it does, then try enabling WPA and TPIK on the modem then have the printer re-connect.
What model printer is this?
