The following table provides a list of characters that can be used when creating an Internet Gateway SSID, username, or password for the following.
- Primary and Guest WiFi Network
- 2.4 GHz Band
- 5 GHz Band
- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Note: The GUI Password column notes if a character can be used when creating the GUI password.
| Character | Name | GUI Password |
|---|---|---|
| & | Ampersand | Yes |
| * | Asterisk | Yes |
| @ | At Sign | Yes |
| ^ | Caret | Yes |
| : | Colon | Yes |
| , | Comma | Yes |
| $ | Dollar Sign | Yes |
| ! | Exclamation | Yes |
| ` | Grave Accent or Backtick | Yes |
| - | Minus | Yes |
| # | Number Sign or Hashtag | Yes |
| % | Percent | Yes |
| + | Plus | Yes |
| ? | Question Mark | Yes |
| ' | Single Quote | Yes |
| ~ | Tilde | Yes |
| _ | Underscore | Yes |
| \ | Backslash | No |
| " | Double Quote | No |
| = | Equal | No |
| . | Period | No |
| > | Greater Than | No |
| { | Left Brace | No |
| [ | Left Bracket | No |
| ( | Left Parenthesis | No |
| < | Less Than | No |
| } | Right Brace | No |
| ] | Right Bracket | No |
| ) | Right Parenthesis | No |
| ; | Semi-Colon | No |
| / | Slash | No |
| | | Vertical Bar | No |
When creating the SSID, username, or password, do not use a space between characters.
- Accepted: Pa$$W0rd
- Not accepted: Pa$$ W0rd
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