How I configured my WN3000RP

Thank you so much for this post! I have spent HOURS scouring the internet for instructions on how to connect my WN3000RP to the internet! Your post was the only useful one, and your WEP specific instructions were ever so helpful. I don't know what language the writers of the instructions speak, but the instructions manual was virtually useless! Thanks again...:-):)

jfox3366 wrote:

There are actually 2 ways where you can setup this extender. Either the manual process or using the WPS. As what you have indicated, you were having some problems with the WPS setup. So I suggest if you could do the manual setup instead. Before doing the setup, I would also suggest if you could perform factory reset on the unit. While it is plugged in, kindly press and hold the reset button for a minute then unplug it from the power outlet and plug it back after 30 seconds. 1. Once the Extender is powered on and the Status LED is green, on your wireless PC, try to connect to NETGEAR_EXT (SSID) wireless network. After the connection with the PC is established, the PC to Extender LED turns green. Next, you need to connect the Extender to your existing Wi-Fi network. 2. Open a web browser window from the same PC, and the browser should take you directly to the on-screen setup guide. Or, you can always access the Extender settings by typing www.mywifiext.net in your browser URL bar 3. The web browser setup guide walks you through the following steps: • Selecting the Wi-Fi network you would like to extend. • Entering the security passphrase for the existing network. (Please make sure to enter your wireless security key properly). If your wireless security key is under WEP, please put this information on the Key 1 box and not on the Passphrase box. If its under WPA/WPA2, kindly just enter it on the Passphrase box. • Choosing the name for your new Extender network. After this process, it will then ask you now to connect on your new extender's wireless network • Connecting your wireless devices to your new Extender network. 4. Once your computer is successfully connected to your new extender's network, kindly complete the setup and check if you could establish a connection this time.