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How to see all devices
I have an XR500 and then hardwired at the other end of my house is an X6 extender. I set it up as an AP using the smart setup and it copies the info from my router so my network seemlessly extends. I...
Could you downgrade to the .32 version of the firmware please and see if the devices show up properly?
Which one?
If you mean on the xr500 will that undo all my settings? I like my settings. LOL
- This one for XR500: https://kb.netgear.com/000060127/XR500-Firmware-Version-2-3-2-32 no it won't undo your settings at all.
Here's what I did.
Downgraded to .32 firmware - No change in symptoms.
Restarted routers - No change.
Upgraded to .40 firmware - Now the devices show as connected to the LAN. So the Macbook that's connected to the wifi of the X6 is showing as connected to the LAN on the Device Manager of the XR500. I would have expected it to show up as a wirelss device, not wired. But at least it's show it's online.
A side effect is that the upgrade wiped out all the names of all my devices when I ugpraded. So now I have to go figure out which device goes with which mac address and relable everything. Annoying but worth it if I can get this working.
So how can I get my wireless devices on the X6 to show up as Wirelss in device manager? Or is that no possible since to the XR500 the traffice is coming over a lan port.
Yeah from the XR500's point of view, those connections are entering through the LAN port.
