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I have a nighthawk R6120 all devices connect except my laptop. It's asking for an 8 digit pin. Where do I find this?
Not dumb really. The problem starts with the way that the IT world talks about things like passwords.
"security key", "passphrase", you name it. Different people use different words.
That Netgear uses the password word for wifi, getting into the router, entering this place and various other things doesn't help.
Here's a sentence from one of Netgear's manuals:
"The security key is also referred to as the WiFi passphrase or WiFi password."
Every reason to be confused.
VickieMyers wrote:
I have a nighthawk R6120 all devices connect except my laptop. It's asking for an 8 digit pin. Where do I find this?
What is asking for a PIN? The laptop?
How are you trying to connect? Wifi?
What throws up this message? Windows? Some connection software on your unnamed laptop?
Does the laptop have a WPS option?
Manuals are always a good place to start. Visit the support pages:
Support | NETGEAR
Feed in your model number and check the documentation for your hardware.
Check the section in the manual Use WPS With the PIN Method.
Thank you for the information.