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Router wifi settings gone after power outage
After a power outage, my Nighthawk router's wifi settings were gone and only I found default Netgear SSID's. I was able to log into the router with my admin password and other network settings seem t...
> After a power outage, my Nighthawk router's wifi settings were gone
> [...]
A typical power failure is seldom a clean off-on event, so some
device confusion is possible.
> I had to completely redo all my wifi settings. (create SSID's,
> security settings, guest wifi, etc.)
ADVANCED > Administration > Backup Settings
> How do I prevent this issue the next time the power goes out [...]
That may be difficult. Better power conditioning (as from a UPS)
might help.
> [...] or when I have to unplug the router? [...]
Is that enough to cause the problem?
> Is this a known bug?
That depends on how you define "bug".