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EAX80 - Cannot Access Settings
Man oh man, I have so many issues with my EAX80 / AX6000 Nighthawk Mesh Extender: 1. http://mywifiext.local/ loads, but clicking on the button "New Extender Setup" does nothing on Firefox, Chrome, o...
Thank you for the reply, although unfortunately none of this helps.
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you can also use
http: <slash><slash> mywifiext <dot> net
Please see the first point of my original post; this website does not work for me in Friefox, Chrome, or Edge on either of my two computers tested, or on my phone for Firefox mobile or Chrome mobile.
> you can find the current IP address of your eax80 under network overview and tapping on the eax80 repeater icon. This will show you the MAC address and local IPv4 address of your EAX80
Yeah, the default 192.168.1.250 - but this takes me to the same broken page above.
Please see the attached screenshot for what I mean by broken. This is what I see when I click the only button on the page - New Extender Setup - on any device, in any browser - no change at all (except for a minor URL change to http://mywifiext.local/ra_check_TC.htm). This is with Adblock+ disabled.
Of course in trying different things, I did manage to just get a change. Despite having wireless turned off and being plugged directly into the Extender, if I go to the mywifiext URL, instead of 192.168.1.250, I get "You are not connected to your extender's WiFi network."
See attached screenshot. I then tried to turn wireless on and reconnect, but same issue.
- To summarize, here's what my pronlem is:
My devices all connect to the extender, not to the main router, even when the signal is stronger/better from the main router. This means that my devices will prefer a 2 bar signal from the extender instead of max from the router. This occurs even if I turn wifi off and on again on the device.
Ideas to fix:
1. Upgrade firmware of extender (but that's impossible for me to do so).
2. Upgrade router (DONE - I upgraded from X4S to X6S and it didn't help).