Power Loss Apparently Clears MN-700 Settings Back to Default

I had a power outage and after power was restored my base station was reset
to defaults (password, security, MAC filtering) all cleared.

Is this probably due to the power interuption? I have the base station on a
computer grade Newpoint surge power conditioner.

Or is this likely due to other causes? Could someone hack in spite of WPA
security and do this or is this less likely?

The good news is after I re-established all the settings manually for the
base and each wireless laptop the performance is better and I have far fewer
drop outs.

Any comments or ideas are welcome.
Thanks
Joe

Yes, could very well be, especially if the power didn't just "go" all at
once like pulling the plug. Glad you got it working again.
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Joe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I had a power outage and after power was restored my base station was
reset
> to defaults (password, security, MAC filtering) all cleared.
>
> Is this probably due to the power interuption? I have the base station on
a
> computer grade Newpoint surge power conditioner.
>
> Or is this likely due to other causes? Could someone hack in spite of WPA
> security and do this or is this less likely?
>
> The good news is after I re-established all the settings manually for the
> base and each wireless laptop the performance is better and I have far
fewer
> drop outs.
>
> Any comments or ideas are welcome.
> Thanks
> Joe
>
>

The router should have kept the settings on power off.
You can save the settings on the router (so you can
restore them after if needed) and try to turn power off
and check if the settings remain unchanged.

>-----Original Message-----
>I had a power outage and after power was restored my
base station was reset
>to defaults (password, security, MAC filtering) all
cleared.
>
>Is this probably due to the power interuption? I have
the base station on a
>computer grade Newpoint surge power conditioner.
>
>Or is this likely due to other causes? Could someone
hack in spite of WPA
>security and do this or is this less likely?
>
>The good news is after I re-established all the settings
manually for the
>base and each wireless laptop the performance is better
and I have far fewer
>drop outs.
>
>Any comments or ideas are welcome.
>Thanks
>Joe
>
>
>.
>