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Nuttall88
Aspirant
Apr 16, 2020

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Hi, today I brought an AC1200 Dual Band WiFi Range Extender. I have set it all up correctly to what it said on the instructions. My router has picked the extender up and connected but when I move it t...
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Nuttall88
Aspirant
Apr 17, 2020
Hi, I've just tried to find extender through my laptop and it can't find the NETGEAR_EXT connection? Isit possibly because we already have and extender in the back living room and it's getting confused?
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Apr 17, 2020
Nuttall88 wrote:
Hi, I've just tried to find extender through my laptop and it can't find the NETGEAR_EXT connection? Isit possibly because we already have and extender in the back living room and it's getting confused?

Did you try setting it up via the manual method?

You have multiple extenders? I'd recommend powering them down during boot up. 

And make sure they use a differnet ssid from the primary router.