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Cannot Connect to Xfinity Router
I used to use this with a Netgear router. I switched to the X-1 platform and got a new Xfinity (Cisco) router, DPC3939. Today I tried using the extender for my grandson to connect via Ethernet to his...
Thanks for the advice. Believe it or not, I got it to work. I fired up my laptop, plugged it in, and the browser opened to the setup page. Only screw up was when I applied the settings, after about 10 seconds I got a page saying the website could not be reached. The lights showed connectivity, so took it down to the Den, connected it to the Xbox & everything is working now. Only issue left to troubleshoot is why I cannot reach http://mywifiext.net. I can't think of anything I'd want to change, but it's just strange I cannot reach the extender. I also tried going to to it's new ip address, but that did not work either. It's working and that is all that matters right now, I;ll check the access issue out some other time.
Thanks again for the advice. If it stops working again I will try that.
If you connect the extender to a router via Ethernet, then you should follow the instructions to set it up as an Access Point. See page 16 in the manual (link).
Thanks for the advice. Believe it or not, I got it to work. I fired up my laptop, plugged it in, and the browser opened to the setup page. Only screw up was when I applied the settings, after about 10 seconds I got a page saying the website could not be reached. The lights showed connectivity, so took it down to the Den, connected it to the Xbox & everything is working now. Only issue left to troubleshoot is why I cannot reach http://mywifiext.net. I can't think of anything I'd want to change, but it's just strange I cannot reach the extender. I also tried going to to it's new ip address, but that did not work either. It's working and that is all that matters right now, I;ll check the access issue out some other time.
Thanks again for the advice. If it stops working again I will try that.