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RAX45 unable to login or activate password recovery
I have not had to login in to my router for a few months. Received a security email for firmware update. I am on a Mac so all my passwords are stored in Keychain Access. Always confirm them before lo...
If you change the ssid to the same ssid you had prior, then you shouldn't need to.
but if you change it to something else then you will need to
Thanks again Plemans for sticking with me on this. The last question jogged my memory. I have a EAX20 in the bedroom. I had unplugged it during this so took this out of the equation but realized I did not try the reset. Resetting and using Nighthawk app to reconnect took off the old network!
I am noticing however that all my neighbors have NETGEAR## SSIDs showing up. Not a problem just not easy to discern my network over the others--I did have a unique network name before. I know I can change the SSID name in the router dashboard but cannot remember if I have to reconnect all my household and personal devices again? And then go through the same process of ridding the routers of the old SSID.
If you change the ssid to the same ssid you had prior, then you shouldn't need to.
but if you change it to something else then you will need to