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EX7300 wired connected NAS has no internet connectivity
Hi all, I've purchased a Netgear EX7300 extender. The main reason for me to buy this is to connect my NAS to the router that is physically located too far away from the router. The NAS (Synology ...
Can you ping the router from the Synology?
Does the Synology have sensible DNS server and default gateway addresses?
I've connected to the synology with SSH. I can not ping the gateway (192.168.1.254). And I also can't ping an internet address like Google's DNS 8.8.8.8
Again, when connecting over Wifi I can access everything. This is only for a cable connected device.
FWIW; from the Synology I can ping the IP address of the EX7300 (192.168.1.4). I then configured the Synology to use the 192.168.1.4 as the gateway, to no avail
The extender is not a router so do not use its IP address as the gateway.
It's odd that the Synology can't ping the router. Can it ping other local devices? Check the router for any firewall rules that may be blocking Internet access by the Synology. You may also want to check the Synology for the presence of any firewall rules.
Make sure the extender is in extender mode, not Access Point mode.