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Netgear 41
I recently bought a Netgear 41. It worked fine but this week instead of showing up as Netgear 41 and Netgear 41 5G in our available networks it shows up as Netgear 53 and Netgear 53 5G. Our passwor...
Hate to say it, but try a Factory Reset using the button on the back and a paperclick...Time to reconfigure it if it's changed the SSID without you changing anything.
Also if you look on the bottom of the device I am assuming it says the default SSID is Netgear 41?
If no-go after you factory reset it, then sounds like it's definately messed up.
Assuming this is the RAX40 model as Netgear41 SSID is one of many possible default SSIDs it may have come with?
Instructions for factory reset: https://kb.netgear.com/9665/How-do-I-perform-a-factory-reset-on-my-NETGEAR-router