NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
ex6170 extender
I have a ex6170 ac1200 extender and a Verizon Home Internet wifi router. I can't get the extender to connect to the router. I've followed all of the instructions and still not success. help
what verizon router? Some have "son". Self organizing network. Its their version of mesh and needs to be disabled if using a 3rd party device.
What method of setup did you use?
The WiFi extender is supposed to be located between the primary WiFi system and the user devices. (perhaps approximately half way)
If the extender is too close to the primary WiFi, then the signal strength from the extender will be reduced too much.
If the extender is too close to the user devices, then the strength of the primary WiFi will be reduced too much before it reaches the extender.
Some experimentation on different locations might be a good idea. Fortunately, WiFi extenders are easy to move around.