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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 

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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 

      • Christian_R's avatar
        Christian_R
        NETGEAR Employee Retired
        May 01, 2020

        Hi JPaquette & Yeronimo,

         

        May you try performing a factory reset on the router by holding down on the reset button with a pin for 15+ seconds. After doing so, you will be prompted to run through the setup assistant again. Please let me know the outcome. 

         

        Thanks,

        Christian 

  • 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