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bluegrassred
Aspirant
Apr 14, 2018

AC1200 Wifi Range Extender model EX6110

A few days after successful installation of this extender, it started blocking ESPN, substituting http://www.mywifiext.net/  for espn.go.com. OS affected are Windows 7 and Windows 10. Impacts Chrome...
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Apr 16, 2018

When you are saying blocked are you saying it give a message saying blocked or the web page fails to load?

 

DarrenM

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bluegrassred
Aspirant
Apr 17, 2018

No blockage indicator.  The correct URL: espn.go.com is REPLACED with http://www.mywifiext.net/. Chrome History indicates simulatneous 'espn.go.com' followed by http://www.mywifiext.net/.  Based on prior community comments, there is a serious urrl misdirection regarding this device.