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AeroBuff
Nov 21, 2016Aspirant
N450 WiFi Suddenly Unable to Connect
Hello everyone, I have the N450 mode/router and have had zero issues with the wired or wireless capabilities since purchas in 2014. However, I had a party this past Saturday where a few people sign...
- Nov 23, 2016
OK it all makes sense now. When I connected with my work laptop I received an "incorrect PSK for network SSID" error. When I started troubleshooting, I saw that my "pass phrase" wasn't what it usually is, so I changed it to what I thought would just be the name of my network. I know, silly me. Somehow it was changed back to the router name. Anyway, I just reverted back to my original pass phrase and I'm not connected.
AeroBuff
Nov 23, 2016Aspirant
Thank you for the responses. I will troubleshoot this with your advice tomorrow. Spectrum did take over my service, and the issues started around that time (the day of and before the party my music through my iPhone via bluetooth to my soundbar would quit halfway through one song).
What I see when my devices try to connect to the wifi is the router name showing up as connected then dropping back down. Sometimes it asks for my password again. On my work laptop (HP) it says PSK incorrect when trying to connect to the wifi.
Thanks
AeroBuff
Nov 23, 2016Aspirant
OK it all makes sense now. When I connected with my work laptop I received an "incorrect PSK for network SSID" error. When I started troubleshooting, I saw that my "pass phrase" wasn't what it usually is, so I changed it to what I thought would just be the name of my network. I know, silly me. Somehow it was changed back to the router name. Anyway, I just reverted back to my original pass phrase and I'm not connected.
- michaelkenwardNov 28, 2016Guru - Experienced User
AeroBuff wrote:Somehow it was changed back to the router name.
That was probably down to the hard reset. That puts the SSID and password back to the factory settings.
If you have problems in future, just restart the thing. If that doesn't work, then go down the reset route.