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thekeeper
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Oct 15, 2018
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No router link LED N300

Dear all I recently switched to this range extender from a BT version as I thought it had failed. The Netgear extender has been working but then this weekend my daughter yelled downstairs that she ...
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    StephenB
    Oct 16, 2018

    thekeeper wrote:

    Thanks for the reply but I tried that and get the same results. When you click on the NETGEAR_EXT address there is no internet connection. I assume because it is not linked up with the router.  


    After the reset, there will be no internet connection.  You set up the extender->router link by browsing to www.mywifiext.net and going through the setup procedure.  This URL takes you to the extender's built-in web ui, it does not require an internet connection to work.

     

    The setup I am recommending is described on page 12 of the user manual (Connect With Web Browser Setup) here: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WN3000RPV3/WN3000RPv3_UM_25Aug2015.pdf