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RogerBristol
Feb 20, 2020Aspirant
Netgear WN3000RP wont connect to website.
My Ipad and Mobile recognise the extender in settings with a "tick" but will not open a website. Have manually entered the DHCP settings for the extender and router but makes no difference. Have dou...
- Feb 21, 2020
At last. Switching off the power sockets at the control box for 10 seconds has worked. Recently, had been trying to link the wifi facility on a new TV recorder to the extender. Perhaps that was the interference.
KevinJ_K
Feb 20, 2020NETGEAR Employee Retired
Hi RogerBristol,
Thank you for the message. Here is a link to the WN3000RP Frequnetly Asked Questions KB article:
https://kb.netgear.com/19070/WN3000RP-FAQs
You might also want to try and reset the extender. This can be accomplished by inserting a paper clip in the reset hole on the back of the unit and hold it until the extender status LED flashes amber.
Regards,
Kevin K., NETGEAR Community Team
RogerBristol
Feb 20, 2020Aspirant
Thanks Kevin. Meant to say had tried a factory re-set as you describe but no change. Will go to the FAQs.
- plemansFeb 20, 2020Guru - Experienced User
Did you do setup with wps or the installation wizard?
Try the install wizard instead of wps
- RogerBristolFeb 20, 2020Aspirant
Both, wps has always worked (BTHub 6) but also tried the installation procedure. Immediately told me I was successful, but still wont open a website. I have no problem using the router direct.
- plemansFeb 20, 2020Guru - Experienced User
did you try adding the extender mac address or setting a static route to the bt hub?