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Supersau
May 21, 2023Aspirant
RAX40 wifi crashes with AX1800 extender
Hi! currently I have troubles with my RAX40 router. Everytime I want to connect my new AX1800 extender the WLAN Modul of the router crashes. Normally the extender cannot connect to the router. Somet...
plemans
May 22, 2023Guru - Experienced User
Did you set it up using the push button WPS option?
If so, factory reset the extender and set it up using the installation assistant.
To factory reset, push and hold the reset button for 7-15 seconds while powered on.
Here's a video of how to use the assistant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJVklshxBMk
Supersau
May 29, 2023Aspirant
Nothing worked. Only crashes on the RAX40. I disconnected the RAX40 now, and I am using my cable modem/router from my ISP. Here I can use the mesh extender. It seems to be more stable too. One iPhone had one time connection problems to the extender, but after quick restart of the extender everything. But the „new“ router is working without crashes.
it seems I have to go this way, which is not the way I intended, because I wanted to use ax and wpa3. But to restart the network every other day is also not charming.
regards
wolfgang