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Factory Reset And Range Extenders
I have a wifi router in one room and a wifi extender in another room. If I do a factory reset on my main router how does that affect my wifi range extender? Do I have to do a factory reset on both products?
The wifi range extender came with no real instructions aside from the use of genie. So I would not know how to reset the Extender anyway.
Ooh ok I understand now. So as long as I keep things the same such as SSID and password etc. after the reset then the Extender will follow the reset router's settings and move smoothly.
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If you factory reset the router then all its settings will return to default values. The important ones relating to the extender are the wireless settings, SSID and Passphrase/encryption method. If these are set to the same settings as when the extender was set up then the extender should re-connect, at worst it would need to be power-cycled.
The manual for your extender should have been provided on an accompanying CD/DVD, but it is also available by following the ‘Download’ link at the top of this page.
What about my Wireless Router (main hub)? Ever since I did a firmware update its been acting bizarre. I read somewhere that if I reset after an update the update remains and that its actually important to reset to factory settings after an update. So if I reset my Wireless Router, do i have to do a separate reset for my Range Extender too? Or will one stone kill two birds?
It’s as I posted above, if you factory reset the router the extender is not affected if you re-enter the wireless settings for the router setup. You don't have to reset the extender also.
