I think I have found a serious bug in the firmware after setting up a new RBK75S system...

I had the system fully configured, and then made a minor change to a setting - I don't recall which one - and when it came back online, ALL of my devices claimed I was using the wrong passkey. (WPA2-PSK)

I ended up resetting the router to defaults and starting over, and after getting everything configured again (including about 20 static IP assignments), I went into the wireless settings and turned off the AX functions to see if it improved stability with one of the PCs on my network (which keeps complaining about no internet being available or it ends up with a 6 Mbps link speed (or lower)).

This time, I was angry about the system "forgetting" my password - I even tried the default password on the bottom of the router to no avail...

Finally, it occurred to me to connect a PC to one of the ethernet ports (I actually did it on a satellite successfully), and when I looked at the password, it had replaced all of the spaces in my passkey with what I assume are the ascii codes for a space (with # and semicolons in there too). What is going on here? This is not a good experience out of the box. I have been using spaces in my passkey for probably 10 years now, on Linksys and Asus routers and never experienced this before.

Netgear - PLEASE look into this. I am on the verge of giving up on this system after about 8 hours of frustration and troubleshooting on the rogue PC with a poor connection (it is located between the router and one of the satellites). If anyone has suggestions on how to fix this issue, I am all ears. I plan to reposition the satellite tomorrow, as it is way past my bedtime here!

Thanks!

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Orbi RBK753S changes the Passkey after some config changes