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Can’t connect to original SSID after factory reset
Hi. All of a sudden I couldn’t connect to my 2.4 or 5G Wi-Fi signals. I ruled out my ISP and modem - they were fine. The router’s SSID’s were visible but ultimately couldn’t connect to them. I did a f...
But to answer your question, the SSID I’m trying to use is all alphabet letters. My passcode is all numbers. No punctuation or special characters in either one.
Yerffejnuarb wrote:
But to answer your question, the SSID I’m trying to use is all alphabet letters. My passcode is all numbers. No punctuation or special characters in either one.
Could have been something changed in the firmware update. Minimum number of characters or etc. Occasionally the SSID and pass-code requirements on the router do not match up with the requirements on iOT devices or vice versa.