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Ac1200 lights keep blinking and no internet access
So I just bought the wifi extender to boost my connection to my Xbox across the house. I got it connected and set up and it told me no internet access. Okay, I'll just move it closer to the router i...
The router I'm connecting to is something with Att u-verse.
Firmare on the extender, I haven't looked at.
the interior walls are very thin I don't know exactly.
It's a 3 bedroom home so not huge. Just big enough that the wifi drops to 2 bars on our side of the house.
I did both. Originally just plugged it in and set it up with my phone, wasn't working so I factory reset it and tried wps.
Still didn't work.
I even plugged it in with an Ethernet cable and it told me it had a weak signal.
My confusion is that it does connect but only for a good 2 minutes before it seems to drop the signal and the Netgear logo starts blinking.
Firmare on the extender, I haven't looked at.
the interior walls are very thin I don't know exactly.
It's a 3 bedroom home so not huge. Just big enough that the wifi drops to 2 bars on our side of the house.
I did both. Originally just plugged it in and set it up with my phone, wasn't working so I factory reset it and tried wps.
Still didn't work.
I even plugged it in with an Ethernet cable and it told me it had a weak signal.
My confusion is that it does connect but only for a good 2 minutes before it seems to drop the signal and the Netgear logo starts blinking.
Peachyyyy wrote:
The router I'm connecting to is something with Att u-verse.-----Like I said, this is a key. If its got such a bad signal or is single band with with interference, you can have the best extender and its still going to perform poorly.
Firmare on the extender, I haven't looked at.----another key. firmware half the time gets upgraded for a reason.
the interior walls are very thin I don't know exactly.----plaster lathe, metal studs, bunch of hvac in walls, foil lined insulation, many materials block signals. Saying its a thin wall doesn't tell us anything.
It's a 3 bedroom home so not huge. Just big enough that the wifi drops to 2 bars on our side of the house.----3 bedroom house could be many different sizes. How many sq ft is the house?
I did both. Originally just plugged it in and set it up with my phone, wasn't working so I factory reset it and tried wps.
Still didn't work.
I even plugged it in with an Ethernet cable and it told me it had a weak signal.
My confusion is that it does connect but only for a good 2 minutes before it seems to drop the signal and the Netgear logo starts blinking.------tough to tell you without more info. Try switching it to access point mode and hardwiring it into the router. If it works fine, its probably the base router as AP mode doesn't rely on the routers wifi .