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WiFi Easy Connect not working with RAX120
I have a LaCross weather station that uses WiFi Easy Connect to connect the device to my network. (There is a bar-code on the unit that their App scans. You then enter your network password and it is...
Hi Barry,
Were you able to perform a factory reset by holding down on the reset button for 15+ seconds?
Christian
Christian,
yes, I did the push-button full reset. (It is clearly way more than just setting factory defaults.)
Again, I changed nothing after that except the admin password, SSIDs and Wireless passwords.
WiFi Easy Connect still fails to work. There is still nothing in the logs. Is there a way to debug this? I guess I can buy a different brand of router, try it out, and then return it to the store, but that's not very nice.
Barry
For anyone following along:
I took my weather station to my daughters today. She has an AT&T BGW210 modem/router.
It took about 7 seconds for the WiFi Easy Connect process to complete successfully on that router. (With my AX120, the app tries for 60 seconds before announcing failure.) This is definitely an issue with the Netgear router.