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Jorge612
Nov 05, 2015Aspirant
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 pr...
- Nov 05, 2015
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.
Babylon5
Nov 05, 2015NETGEAR Employee Retired
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.
Jorge612
Nov 05, 2015Aspirant
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.