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AC1200 Wifi Range Extender not compatible with FIOS? EX6200 VZ saying I need an additional coax
Hi - Bought the AC1200 EX6200 Netgear Wifi extender today.
Pressed WPS on both the extender and the wifi router, and appropriate indicators light up solid green.
In computer's wifi conn...
Drogon wrote:
Is this accurate? Extenders only work when plugged into a cable jack coming out of the wall? This seems fishy to me.
Something is very confused here. There is no way to connect the extender to coax. They might be thinking you want to install a set top box at that location????
Anyway, the thing to try next is to reset the extender and do the setup again w/o pressing WPS. Use the procedure on page 18 here: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/EX6200/EX6200_UM_EN.pdf
I was able to finally connect to the extender, I figured out the pw was the same as my wifi pw. But still the Mywifiext.net site tells me I'm not connected. Any ideas?
All lights (direct connect, 2G, 5G) are steady green. Extender is 6 inches from router, and I have an ethernet cable between the two of them that I know is good.