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Can't access Extender via www.mywifiext.net
I just installed a Netgear WN2500RP range extender, and it seems to be working correctly; however, I am unable to log in to www.mywifiext.net to access the device using a browser. Attempting to access...
pawnslinger wrote: It sounds like the subnet mask in the extender is different from that in your computer. That is a classic problem with this class of device. If you think this might be the case, you can establish communications with the device by connecting it by wire to your computer and making sure your computer has no other lan/internet path (connect while both are powered down). Power up the device first, let it settle a couple of minutes, then power on your computer. With no access to your main router, it will use the DHCP in the device to set the subnet mask and get an ip address. You can now use the browser to access the device.
Okay, I'm having the same problem accessing my Extender using www.mywifiext.net which keeps rerouting to the general netgear support site. Your subnet issue makes sense and is no doubt my problem.
Thru repeated full Extender resets and starting all over from the beginning, I am able to enter the www.mywifiext.net configuration menus UNTIL I select a router to connect to. The moment this connection is made, it seems the router's DHCP subnet immediately takes hold and contact with the Extender is dropped, consequently preventing further settings changes and any web access to the Extender again. Very aggravating!
Your alternative hard-wired access method sounds like it could work but I don't have an ethernet cable at hand to try it. And, some devices these days dont even have ethernet ports. I think I should be able to wirelessly access this unique subnet extender any time I want to make and test various settings tweaks. Maybe I can use the "route" command line to create a static connection between www.mywifiext.net and the Extender's internal subnet. Can you tell me what the default Extender subnet is?
Any other suggestions?
I had the same issue with not being able to access the web link mywifiext.net after I had completed the installation. I read all of the responses to this same issue but without the technical knowledge I was lost. Plus I'm running Windows 8 and therefore a lot of the examples weren't applicable to me. My simple solution was;
Control Panel | Devices and Printers | right click on WN3500RP | choose 'Properties' | Click on UPnP tab | IP address is listed at the bottom of the page.
Simply use this IP address in your web browser to then access the Extender settings page. It even took me to the last section of the installation automatically.
Hope this helps someone else because I spent hours trying to work it out!!
Control Panel | Devices and Printers | right click on WN3500RP | choose 'Properties' | Click on UPnP tab | IP address is listed at the bottom of the page.
Simply use this IP address in your web browser to then access the Extender settings page. It even took me to the last section of the installation automatically.
Hope this helps someone else because I spent hours trying to work it out!!
Just a thought. I had been tearing my hair out worrying about subnets etc (extender defaults to 192.168.0.250 but for safety I had reconfigured the default (192.168.0.1) of my router to something private) and spent hours trying to reset the extender accordingly. I finally resolved it leaving extender on default since it turned out to be clever enough to handle that typrical scenario out of the box. My problem was...drum role... I forgot about my laptop firewall. After configuring inital settings over physical cable and before clicking 'continue after connecting your device' I thought maybe physical and wireless networks were conflicting so I pulled out the physical ethernet cable and heh presto my firewall chipped in saying ''wifiextender is a new network, do you trust this network' and hey presto, everything syarted working.