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SpecialK214's avatar
SpecialK214
Tutor
Apr 15, 2020

RAX200 - WPS light continues blinking. Already tried rebooting.

I recently installed Netgear CM1150V Modem, RAX200 Router and EX7700 Extender.  Everything is set up and working.  When connecting my Extender, I used the WPS feature.  Now the WPS light on the Route...
Christian_R's avatar
Christian_R
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Apr 16, 2020

Hello SpecialK214, 

 

Were you able to successfully get your extender connected to the RAX200? You can confirm this by checking the attached devices on the RAX200 web admin page. 

 

Thanks,

Christian 

  • Yeronimo's avatar
    Yeronimo
    Tutor
    Apr 25, 2020

    I have the same problem. 

     

    WPS won't stop blinking. Even after restarting. Reset required, and after pressing WPS, it continues to blink again. (And SmartConnect doesn't work, keeps dropping the connection, and the range is shorter than my 4 year old non-Netgear router, and some devices don't connect at 2.4 GHz.)  

     

    HardwareversionRAX200
     
    FirmwareversionV1.0.2.8_1.0.45
    • Christian_R's avatar
      Christian_R
      NETGEAR Employee Retired
      Apr 28, 2020

      Hi Yeronimo, 

       

      Were you attempting to connect an extender or any other device via WPS? 

       

      Christian 

      • Yeronimo's avatar
        Yeronimo
        Tutor
        Apr 30, 2020

        Hi Christian, 

         

        I have successfully connected a FRITZ! 1750E WLAN repeater via WPS. But RAX 200 WPS does not stop blinking, only after a factory reset. And one thing is for sure, this is obviously NOT a completely normal behavior, as stated in the post of April 29th.  

         

        Best regards, 

         

        Yeronimo 

    • JPaquette's avatar
      JPaquette
      Star
      Apr 29, 2020

      I have the same issue the WPS light won't stop blinking. Just finished a CHAT session with Netgear tech support, I was told this is perfectly normal! Nothing is required.

       

      Yeronimo wrote:

      I have the same problem. 

       

      WPS won't stop blinking. Even after restarting. Reset required, and after pressing WPS, it continues to blink again. (And SmartConnect doesn't work, keeps dropping the connection, and the range is shorter than my 4 year old non-Netgear router, and some devices don't connect at 2.4 GHz.)  

       

      HardwareversionRAX200
       
      FirmwareversionV1.0.2.8_1.0.45

       

  • SpecialK214's avatar
    SpecialK214
    Tutor
    May 02, 2020

    Hi Christian,

    I did not have an issue connecting my NG Extender to my NG router.  The issue is the annoying, contantly blinking, WPS light.  I spent 2 hours on the phone with NG support.  We went through a complete reinstall of the RAX200 Router and 7700 Extender.  It was a waste of time, as the WPS light still blinks contantly.  It seems, that NG has a flaw in their software.  I have my Router set with the Smart Connect feature, to allow the Router to choose the 2.4 gHz or 5G radio as a device connects.  When set this way, the WPS light constantly blinks.  I wish that NG would provide a fix for this in the next firmware update.

    Thanks!

    • SpecialK214's avatar
      SpecialK214
      Tutor
      May 02, 2020

      Hi Christian,

      To add, factory reset and resetting up the router, makes no difference.  The WPS light constantly blinks.  After 2 hours with support, the tech finally said this was normal.  This should not be considered "normal".  I have never encounter this before with prior NG routers.  And I prefer the Smart Connect feature, which I used on my prior NG router.

      Thanks!