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JTM145
Aspirant
Oct 24, 2016

Connecting to a WN3000Rpv3

Hi I have just installed a Range Extender and am having trouble getting all my devices to connect. first attempt my laptop running windows 10 connected but non of my android devices would.   I can...
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Oct 25, 2016

Hello JTM145

 

Did you make the wifi name the exact same as your main routers wifi name if so you will need to rename one of them this could be causing the issue you are having. If that still does not work you may need to tell your laptop for forget the wifi network and try to connect to it again.

 

DarrenM

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    JTM145
    Aspirant
    Oct 26, 2016

    The extender did it's thing and used my network name with "_EXT"

     

    John

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      DarrenM
      Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
      Oct 27, 2016

      JTM145

       

      Ok that should be fine then but have you went into the wifi settings of the laptop and tried to tell it to forget the network and connect again?

       

      DarrenM