New router & password, can't connect WN2500RP

SparkleMania
Tutor
Oct 27, 2015
The web links to www.mywifiext.net and www.mywifiext.net take me to error pages. Apparently what I need is to somehow log into Maintenance ->set password, but the web page it says to go to does not work.
- TheEther
  Guru
  Oct 27, 2015
  Did you first connect your computer to the extender's Wi-Fi network (NETGEAR_EXT) or Ethernet port? You must do that in order for www.mywifiext.net to work.
  - TheEther
    Guru
    Oct 27, 2015
    They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so maybe a video is worth a few million.
    
    Here is a helpful video that shows the setup process for a WN2000RP. The process should be very similar to your WN2500RP.
- SparkleMania
  Tutor
  Oct 27, 2015
  I keep trying all the things in the instruction manual, and that I can find online, I even reset the device to factory settings, and I keep getting "connection refused" or error messages when I try to find some way to get into Maintenance. The extender sees the router, but I can't get into the extender to tell it the new router name and new password.
  - SparkleMania
    Tutor
    Oct 27, 2015
    I am watching the video and same with all the things I've done ... it SHOULD launch the wizard but does not. And I could not figure out how to launch that Genie page manually. I would enter the web adderess, and, as mentioned, get an error page. *** My whole problem has been I could not launch Netgear Genie!!! ***
    
    But the video refered to it as a "wizard" so when I did an internet search for "Netgear Setup Wizard", I FINALLY found a link to open it!!!!!
    
    http://www.mywifiext.net/IA_frame.htm
    
    I am now set up!! And my laptop is now connected. Now to set up my 5 other devices!!!

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New router & password, can't connect WN2500RP