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EX7700 - first launch no visible NETGEAR_EXT wifi
This was asked before in 2020 and I'm now having the same issue. "I just received my EX7700 device. After having powered it (green led) there is no NETGEAR_EXT wifi visible to continue the confi...
If you're hitting the wps button it sets it up in mesh mode which has the exact same ssid as the router. So it doesn't show up as separate. You could look in your attached devices list of your router and see what ip address it is.
Or when you factory reset, make sure not to hit the wps button