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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...
At this point you might want to try a factory reset, using the recessed button on the back, in order to start up fresh.
I've been using all of those browsers on linux and windows to use the eax80's webinterface (which I prefer over the app) in recent months, using all updates released within that time frame. The webinterface has always worked well for me. If that doesn't work, you might want to check your browser settings, potential filtering plugins (ad-filters) or online virus scanners, which might interfere (but shouldn't).
OK, I treid to reset as suggested, and I'll admit, the web interface is way better! But near the end, I just got:
This site can’t be reached
mywifiext took too long to respond.
and now mywifiext or 192.168.1.250 (which I confirmed through the app is still the IP) does not load on any device :'(.
The page that was trying to load when I first got this message is: http://192.168.1.250/newregister.cgi?id=bbfb66f481c02462f6b0cf029a2932893e14eaa5c4c87e59b19810489b9629c6So I tried again, but this time, when I got to the point it said "check here before continuing installation" I loaded mywifiext and I updated firmware that way. And now I seem to be in and firmware has been updated (although I had to log out and log back in to connect the extended to the internet).
We'll see if this helps - thank you for bearing with me!See attached screenshot, but any idea why the 5GHz band is limited to 54 MBPS and is greyed out?
Update: Whelp, I spoke too soon. Can you not touch your router settings ever after setting up an extender? I went in to my main router settings to see if somehow the speed limit was lowered there, but no, it was all over 1K MBPS. I don't have speeds that high anymore, so I lowered them between 300-400 MBPS. And after that, bam! Extender could no longer be connected to.
Update2: So I reset the extender, still couldn't get mywifiext to respond, but 192.168.1.250 eventually did. For a minute. Then it stopped responding, but now mywifiext responds (this is all on a Windows laptop, primarily using Firefox). There were some weird settings about 5GHz not working at first, but now it seems to be working again, albeit still limited at 54 MBPS and not allowing me to boost that limitation. So hoping I can increase that, somehow...
