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ColinB489
Apr 30, 2020Aspirant
Nighthawk wifi mesh extender... wifi not working
I have had the Nighthawk wifi mesh extender for about 6 months now with zero problems... all of a sudden the wifi extension of the extender is no longer working?? I can connnect to it via ethernet pe...
ColinB489
Apr 30, 2020Aspirant
I am connected to the Verizon Fios Router and I believe I have the lastest firmware? I just updated last night, after resetting it I set it up via the wizard on my broswer. I did try both channels on the router as well as trying making the extender have a seprate names from the router to make sure the extender was messing up and not the internet from my router
plemans
Apr 30, 2020Guru - Experienced User
ColinB489 wrote:I am connected to the Verizon Fios Router and I believe I have the lastest firmware? I just updated last night, after resetting it I set it up via the wizard on my broswer. I did try both channels on the router as well as trying making the extender have a seprate names from the router to make sure the extender was messing up and not the internet from my router
Which fios router?
And the auto update doesn't always pull the newest. Its why I asked the firmware number.
- ColinB489Apr 30, 2020Aspirant
plemans I have the Fios Quantum Gateway Wireless Router, I believe the router is the G1100? Sadly they took the box it came in and the firmware I have on the extender is V1.0.1.84_1.0.148
- plemansApr 30, 2020Guru - Experienced User
From researching that router, it seems like you're not the only one with issue.
https://forums.verizon.com/t5/Fios-Internet/G1100-repeater/td-p/794785
makes you wonder if verizon locked it down so that people have to use their extenders