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Nathan4wvu1986
Aug 18, 2018Aspirant
N7900-100NS and Nighthawk Mesh x6s IP Issues
In January 2018 I purchased my n7900 and it's been great so far with my only complaint being it's range. So about a month ago, on Prime Day, I purchased the Nighthawk Mesh X6S Extender and that's whe...
michaelkenward
Aug 19, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Nathan4wvu1986 wrote:
I purchased the Nighthawk Mesh X6S Extender
What model?
Nathan4wvu1986 wrote:
My wife's Mac products (which I hate) struggle to connect. They say "no IP" or "self assigned IP" or if they do connect they say "Another device on your network is using the same IP address". My android devices, TVs, Nest products, and work PC seem to be OK.
Does look like an Mac thing. How does she connect? Wifi? Told the Mac to forget the wifi connection and reconnected from scratch?
Nathan4wvu1986
Aug 19, 2018Aspirant
She connects via WiFi and I have tried to release, reset, and delete the wifi connection from the Mac. Nothing worked.
- StephenBAug 22, 2018Guru - Experienced User
Is the EX8000 in extender mode or AP mode?
Have you limited the DHCP server's address range to exclude any static IP addresses? Note that I mean device-configured static IP addresses, not reserved addresses in the router.
Is it still possible to exchange the extender at Amazon?
- Nathan4wvu1986Aug 22, 2018Aspirant
It is running in extender mode, not access point.
As for limiting the number of IPs, unless that's a default setting in either the router or the extender I'm not. Both are running default settings aside from the Wifi name and password. Currently, looking at Netgear Genie I have 19 devices connected to the main router and 1 connected to the extender.
- Nathan4wvu1986Aug 22, 2018Aspirant
I pulled the dump level and Amazon as always took care of it. I contacted their product support and they're sending out a new unit. Piss pore service on Netgears part. I registered this 3 weeks ago, purchased on 8/17/2018 and they have the SN marked for zero support.