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Wireless network of XAVN2001 doesn't show up
I've properly connected my AV 200 adapter (XAV2001) with the wireless extender (XAVN2001), and am able to directly connect a PC via ethernet cable to the extender with good results. I want to conn...
searay wrote: [LEFT]To set up your Extender wireless network: [/LEFT]
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[LEFT]1.[FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]On the computer that is cabled to the Powerline Extender (XAVN2001), insert the
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]Resource CD
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3], and install the Powerline Utility. [/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/FONT][LEFT]2.[FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]Follow the onscreen prompts:[/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/FONT][LEFT]•[FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]If you have a NETGEAR router, the Utility automatically finds the router, retrieves the wireless settings, and then prompts you to confirm the settings. [/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/FONT][LEFT]•[FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]If the router is
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]not
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]a NETGEAR router, or the NETGEAR router is not detected, manually enter the wireless settings. [/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/FONT][LEFT]3.[FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the Powerline Extender (XAVN2001). [/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/FONT]4.[FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]Move the Powerline Extender to the area (or dead zone), where you want to extend wireless
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[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial,Arial][SIZE=3]So are you saying this doesn't work?:confused:
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No, it doesn't work -- it was one of the first things I tried. The Powerline Utility says "No device in the network." This seems incredible when the ethernet cable is connecting the extender directly to the PC (and, indeed, the PC can connect to the Internet through that ethernet connection to the extender).
jmizoguchi wrote: Should see your SSID broadcast from this unit
http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/XAVN2001_UM_28Jul11.pdf
Router<->XAV2001 ~~~~~~ XAVN2001
I would just check your wireless setting in the XAVN2001 follow up with manual and see.
Yes, I should see the SSID broadcasting, but I do not. The blue LED on the front of the unit above the wifi symbol is on, which I presume means wifi is broadcasting. But as I mentioned in the first post, the extender's network doesn't show up as an available wifi network on any device I own.
As I also mentioned, I can't check the wireless settings in the XAVN2001 because the Powerline Utility doesn't recognize it. The manual suggests the following:
If You Do Not See All Your Devices with the Powerline Utility
If you click Refresh on the main screen of the Powerline Utility, and do not see all the devices you expect, it could be that a Powerline adapter . . . is set to use a different encryption key.
• Encryption keys are different. To fix this, you can do one of the following:
-Reset your Powerline adapters to their factory settings and default encryption key. Then set the encryption for all of your Powerline adapters.
-Connect your computer to each Powerline device and set up the network encryption key for one adapter at a time.
If you click Refresh on the main screen of the Powerline Utility, and do not see all the devices you expect, it could be that a Powerline adapter . . . is set to use a different encryption key.
• Encryption keys are different. To fix this, you can do one of the following:
-Reset your Powerline adapters to their factory settings and default encryption key. Then set the encryption for all of your Powerline adapters.
-Connect your computer to each Powerline device and set up the network encryption key for one adapter at a time.
The thing is, I've never set a different encryption key, and in any event, the XAV2001 and the XAVN2001 are functioning together to provide at least wired Internet from the ethernet port on the XAVN2001, and would not be if one of them had a different encryption key.