Question authentication error note 8. it's not the router. worked fine this morning

annamagnani

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I get " authentication failed error when i put in password on note 8. pssword was always there and connected automatically. i had used a hot spot but when i tried to reconnect with my password it said error. the wifi router is working fine bc laptop is connected to it. the phone was authenticating fine this morning

should i reset network settings and if i do what could go wrong and what could ilose. the phone is not set up as a phone. use the broswer on it.

Please help if you know. thankx
 

annamagnani

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It's fine your Post
ig jusg occurred to me that myy router is ancient. could that be the cause even though it is working on my laptop? I've not been able to have Verzion come out due to ill health. so maybe rebooting it would finish it off? possible? or it can't handle two devices anymore. i've had the phone four years I think i'm asking something you can't answer with certainty? it's so old that verizon no longer has my password on file.
 

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ig jusg occurred to me that myy router is ancient. could that be the cause even though it is working on my laptop? I've not been able to have Verzion come out due to ill health. so maybe rebooting it would finish it off? possible? or it can't handle two devices anymore. i've had the phone four years I think i'm asking something you can't answer with certainty? it's so old that verizon no longer has my password on file.
A router should be able to handle a reboot, no matter how old it is. If it fails, then it was time to get a new router anyway.
I agree with B. Diddy
 

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