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Netgear model EX6200 randomly assigns a Class B subnet when DHCP is enabled
Hi, Am using a Ntegera WiFi extender, EX6200. Extends WiFi from an existing 2.4GHz router, which I call the master. I have enabled both 5Ghz and 2.4GHz range in the Netgear WiFi extender. ...
When connecting directly to the router it does get a correct Class C subnet mask.
Current settings are 192.168.8.4
Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
Router 192.168.8.254
When accessing the network with the extender, it gets assigned an IP address but the subnet mask is only 255.255.0.0 and no router address.
Hence no internet access either on the 5GHz and 2.4 GHz band.
Frustarting is that this does not happen all the time, but only randomly.
Can you please try setting a static IP for your Mac?
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/25722/~/how-do-i-reserve-an-ip-address-on-my-netgear-router%3F
I would love to do it, but this is *not* a Netgear router. It is a Netgear EX6200 wifi extender.
As such it's administartion user interface will not allow you to assign a specific IP address for a given MAC address. Wish I could do so.
Are you able to navigate to this page on your EX6200?
Sure can.
However I have not experimented with the second part as I an assuming that WiFi extender uses the same subnet as the router by extending it. Are you suggesting that I get the WiFi extender to use another Class C subnet to which it dishes out IP addresses to devices that wish to attach to it once the correct password has been entered upon joining? And how do devices in the new subnet get translated back to the router and provided with internet access? Sorry to be asking a stupid question.
