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r4v3n6
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Jul 02, 2016
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R7000 WiFi password change not possible?

When I get to Basic - Wireless setting where I can change SSID name, WEP, WPA, WPA2 etc, there is no place for changing the password. I have R7000 with latest firmware V1.0.5.70_1.1.91. Is this a known bug? I have tested both with IE and Chrome web browsers also in case of html code errors. Any other way to change the WiFi passwords? 

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  • ElaineM's avatar
    ElaineM
    Jul 12, 2016

    Our engineers have taken note of this and will be fixed in the next official firmware release.

    Thank you!

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  • svantiloop's avatar
    svantiloop
    Aspirant
    Jul 07, 2016

    I hade the same problem. It´s the language setting that is the problem.

     

    I changed from "Auto" (swedish), in the uppe right corner, to English and then I had the oppertunity to change WiFi password!

     

    /C

    • ElaineM's avatar
      ElaineM
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Jul 08, 2016

      Let me forward this to our engineering team.

      Will get back to you shortly.

      • r4v3n's avatar
        r4v3n
        Tutor
        Jul 11, 2016

        Thanks for the tip about English. I works :) It works when I choose English, but fails again when moving back to Swedish (Svenska).

        Can you repro this bug also with Svenska setting? (Wireless = Trådlöst)

    • Retired_Member's avatar
      Retired_Member
      Jul 05, 2016

      you have to select a security BEFORE the option to change password is available  If "none" is selected then no password option is available.

       

      If this is not the case then reset to factory defaults

      • r4v3n's avatar
        r4v3n
        Tutor
        Jul 06, 2016

        I did choose both WPA and WPA2, but there is nothing appearing to be able to input a password. :(

        Having to reset all my configuration just to change the password seems very odd. :( This is one of the most basic settings of a router.