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MJK1960
Aspirant
Mar 26, 2017

Extender plus Linksys router

I've had my Netgear extender for a couple of years now and it has worked well. I use it to beam my poor internet signal into another part of the house which I rent out in summer. As I live in France ...
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Mar 30, 2017

Hello MJK1960

Have you tried the WPS method?

DarrenM

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MJK1960
Aspirant
Mar 31, 2017

Hi DarrenM, thanks for the suggestion, I do not think my livebox has a WPS button, at least not one I can see, have tried googling it to no avail. What I think has happened is that the software has been hacked. I was able to set it up, it would work for a couple of minutes then go back to saying it was not set up. I noticed the address in the browser was saying 'hijack'. I googled this and it seems to be a common problem, or has been a common problem. I think now I have to download the latest software, connect my extended to my computer with a USB cable and update it. Just got to go out and buy a USB-USB cable...