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mpetro
Mar 18, 2017Star
Connected to Extender, but no Internet
Hi All I just purchased a Wifi Extender due to poor signal for my Android Box in another room as well as to help increase the signal strength across the house. I want to use the ethernet plug fro...
- Mar 21, 2017
Just wanted to post an update incase anyone else finds this with a similar problem. I guess it was hardware related...
I ended up returning the Netgear Extender and replaced it with a Linksys AC1200. Setup was completed in about 5 minutes and everything works flawlessly.
TheEther
Mar 19, 2017Guru
That's odd. I would not have expected the router and DNS address to be 192.168.1.250. That's the address of the extender. Do you have the extender set up to obtain its own IP address dynamically from the router or is it static?
mpetro
Mar 20, 2017Star
Yep I just double checked in the NetgearGenie that IP address is set to Get Dynamically IP Address From Router
Should it be a static IP?