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AC750 Wi-Fi range extender
My WiFi extender works well once connected, but every day I have to cycle power to get it to connect to my device. It asks me for my WEP password, but won't take it when I enter it. Once I cycle powe...
DarrenM,
Thanks for all the help. As soon as I get my adaptor, I'll reload the firmware and do setup again.
Reggae
Hello Reggae
Is the extender a littler to far away from the router and it drops signal? If not have you tried to factory reset he extender and go threw setup again.
DarrenM
Hi DarrenM,
The extender is in range per the indicators, and does not drop the signal. Works great when connected. It just requires a power cycle for me to connect every day or two. I setup the Wifi extender via a Wifi connection. Net gear said I should do setup again using a hard wire Ethernet connection. Apparently the wifi connection is prone to interference that can corrupt the firmware. I guess I'll have to set up again using a hard wire connection to the extender per your and netgear support advice. Thanks for the reply.
Reggae
Let me know if that resolves the issue or not.
DarrenM
Darrell M,
I have a Macbook pro laptop. once I get a thunderbolt to ethernet adaptor and shut off my wifi connection at my laptop, do i just do the ethernet connection between the laptop and the extender, or do i need to connect through my router (e.g. laptop to router, and router to extender)?