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sammajxo
Aspirant
Apr 12, 2019

Locked out of extender - misspelled wifi password when setting up.

Ive had my wifi extender "WN3000RPv3" for maybe around 6 months now. The other night it stopped working and i set it up again as a new extender. While doing this it seems that i have inputed the wifi ...
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plemans
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Apr 12, 2019
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Try it hard wired in. And by that I mean plug an ethernet cord into it and the other end into a PC.
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sammajxo
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Apr 12, 2019
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Might be a silly question but where will I find an Ethernet cable? In my router or do I need to buy one?
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    plemans
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    Apr 12, 2019
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    You can buy one, borrow one. Nothing fancy. Just a standard ethernet cable.
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    plemans
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    Apr 16, 2019
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    were you able to get it working?

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      sammajxo
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      Apr 17, 2019
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      Unfortunately not. Had to purchase a new one! Thanks though!