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pmstirling
Aspirant
Feb 28, 2016
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WNDR3400v3 wifi security problem

Today all devices in my house lost wifi connectivity to the router at the same time, and were unable to reconnect. The devices are Android phones, iOS iPad and a Win Vista laptop. I power cycled th...
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    pmstirling
    Mar 06, 2016

    Thanks for the suggestions. I tried changing the ssid and password, no change.

     

    However a reset to factory default cured it! I was also able to change the ssid/password back to what it had been before the problem and it still works.

     

    Further, although the documentation says a factory reset "restores the router to its initial state from the factory", it in fact retained the most recent firmware (I had updated recently).

     

    So, problem solved, and not too painfully - thanks!

    patrick