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Tarkus's avatar
Tarkus
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Oct 12, 2018
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New AC1900 (EX7000) can't get on the local network

I just bought a second EX7000 to use as an ethernet-connected WAP at one corner of my home, I have an existing EX7000 at the other end of the house which does the same job and works perfectly. My hom...
  • StephenB's avatar
    StephenB
    Oct 14, 2018

    You might try updating the firmware to 1.0.0.66.  I'd avoid 1.0.1.78 for now, there are a lot of people reporting issues with it.

     

    The subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0.

     

    Perhaps also try the smart setup path, as that might be needed for the system to determine that you are setting it up as an AP instead of as an extender.