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hxroberts
Aspirant
Mar 20, 2023
Solved

Nighthawk RAX45 - can not change SSID back to previous

In doing a firmware update, a factory reset was somehow done, changing my SSID and PW back to the original which matches the stickers on the device.  I then went and tried to change the SSID and PW b...
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    hxroberts
    May 11, 2023

    My apologies for the delayed response/resolution but I've been away and recently returned to resolve this.  As it turns out, I had an N300 WiFi range extender in the garage for the home security cameras and this was not allowing me to change back to my network name.  I removed this first and then was able to make the changes desired, then reconnected the extender and all is now good.  Thanks for all of your help.

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 20, 2023

Try that then try a FR and walk thru the setup wizard using a web browser and PC, input the new custom SSID name during the setup wizard process...see if it will apply here. 

 

Last resort would be to manually re-load FW, might even try prior working FW first using a wired PC and web browser. Setup, then manually re-apply the latest version of FW. 

 

Seems like something is in a bad state here.

DarrenM 

hxroberts's avatar
hxroberts
Aspirant
May 11, 2023

My apologies for the delayed response/resolution but I've been away and recently returned to resolve this.  As it turns out, I had an N300 WiFi range extender in the garage for the home security cameras and this was not allowing me to change back to my network name.  I removed this first and then was able to make the changes desired, then reconnected the extender and all is now good.  Thanks for all of your help.