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RoxieChurch's avatar
RoxieChurch
Aspirant
Apr 18, 2019

Wifi Booster Requires Password?

I recently purchased this Wifi Range Extender, it works great....but only when the product it is trying to connect to supports WPS connection, for some reason ever since I updated router (its still a NETGEAR router though) I haven't been able to access the 'password' on it? Meaning I can't connect through devices that don't support WPS connection like my Nintendo Switch. I just get errors telling me the passwords don't match, even though I'm entering the password used for the router, I don't see why it would be different, I haven't touched or changed any of the settings and as far as I'm aware, setting up the new router to work with the booster required the regular router password, so I'm not sure what password it is asking for.

 

Please help, thanks.

3 Replies

  • schumaku's avatar
    schumaku
    Guru - Experienced User
    Apr 18, 2019

    WPS does "magically" bring the primary router wireless password to the exender in a light secured way. That's the one you use for connecting manually to the router and the extender.

    • RoxieChurch's avatar
      RoxieChurch
      Aspirant
      Apr 20, 2019
      Will I need to redo my Booster set up to find a password then?
      • Christian_R's avatar
        Christian_R
        NETGEAR Employee Retired
        Apr 25, 2019

        Hi RoxieChurch, 

         

        Thanks for your post. Yes, you can factory resetting the extender and going through the setup instructions again. 


        ~Christian