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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...
I was having the issue of the router resetting after power pulling pulled and leaving an open network. I contacted customer service and we reset the router with the Back reset button and paper clip, used the nighthawk app and updated the Firmware and it worked...unplugged and replugged in 3 times today and it came back online each time with settings saved.
What model router are you referring too?
KAHUNA757575 wrote:I was having the issue of the router resetting after power pulling pulled and leaving an open network. I contacted customer service and we reset the router with the Back reset button and paper clip, used the nighthawk app and updated the Firmware and it worked...unplugged and replugged in 3 times today and it came back online each time with settings saved.
I put it at the bottom of what I wrote(it may not have shown up)..Model: R8000P|Nighthawk X6S AC4000 Tri Band WiFi Router
Please post about this here for your model router:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/bd-p/home-wifi-routers-nighthawk
Good Luck.
KAHUNA757575 wrote:I put it at the bottom of what I wrote(it may not have shown up)..Model: R8000P|Nighthawk X6S AC4000 Tri Band WiFi Router