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bretttt
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Mar 26, 2018
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Connecting to Work WPA2 network with WiFi Extender

I am trying to extend my work network with my WN3000RPv3 range extender because my office has a terrible Wifi signal (and cell signal). If I understand it right, it uses WPA2, not WPA2-PSK, so it has...
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  • jvasanth1984's avatar
    jvasanth1984
    Apr 03, 2018

    Hi bretttt,

                      Sorry to say that Netgear extenders will not be supporting PEAP wireless security. It supports only till WPA2.

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jvasanth1984
Virtuoso
Apr 01, 2018

Hi bretttt,

                  WPA2 and WPA2-PSK is same and all Netgear extenders support this security type.

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    bretttt
    Aspirant
    Apr 03, 2018

    When connecting to the work Wifi on a device, I need to enter the identity (username) and password which are unique to each person. Is there any way to replicate this on the extender? Otherwise I can't get on.

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      jvasanth1984
      Virtuoso
      Apr 03, 2018

      Hi bretttt,

                        If it is an authentication on browser with user name and password, extender will not support such setup.

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        bretttt
        Aspirant
        Apr 03, 2018

        Not in the browser, but in the Wifi settings, Identity and Password-