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Range Extender(EXS25) Management When Extending Guest Network
I have an EXS25 set up to extend my Guest network and now that it's successfully joined I can not get access to view or manage its configuration via the Nighthawk app or browser. Is there a way to...
I checked the one device that is showing as not connected in the Orbi and it looks like the extender’s 2.4Ghz radio stole it’s IP address either that or its displaying that as it’s the only 2.4Ghz device showing connected to the extender. The device that’s showing offline has a reservation in the router.
I checked the one device that is showing as not connected in the Orbi and it looks like the extender’s 2.4Ghz radio stole it’s IP address either that or its displaying that as it’s the only 2.4Ghz device showing connected to the extender.
Try reserving a different IP address for the extender.
Not sure about the EXS25, but some Netgear extender mangle the mac addresses of devices connected to them, which can get in the way of address reservation and MAC access controls.
So if you are using access controls, try turning them off for now.
I have a static address set in the extender which the last octet is .250, I did not make a reservation in the Orbi for it( however I can try that didn’t think I would need to) The device I have there reservation for is .140 when I look in the connected devices in the Orbi .140 is showing under the MAC for the 2.4Ghz radio and the device that should be .140 shows zeros for its IP. The device is online as I can access it. It does not have a way to view its IP, I could try scanning the network and look for its MAC address.
I have a static address set in the extender which the last octet is .250
That should be fine as long as that is not in the DHCP range. Though I prefer address reservation, as it makes it easier to maintain connectivity when switching routers and
I prefer managing all addresses in one spot.
Is the device connected to the extender?
The reserved address is outside the DHCP pool.
The device is connected to the extender. I verified that in the Nighthawk app.
Not sure about the EXS25, but some Netgear extender mangle the mac addresses of devices connected to them, which can get in the way of address reservation and MAC access controls.
This was the NAT address translation which was in place on all earlier Netgear Wifi Extenders, allowed to differentiate the internal bridge addressing by network. While probably still in place with "modern" extenders - unless these are operated in One WiFi Name feature (disabling the Mesh capability).
CrimpOn On the wired network, it's clear and officially documented since last year, the Orbi Satellites are using dedicated VLANs. On the wireless side, the two different SSIDs for the primary and the guest SSID make it two different networks.
Timothy88 In no way, neither in the classic nor in the One WiFi Name mode, these extenders can operate concurrently on an Orbi wireless on both the normal and the guest network. It's not possible substituting an Orbi Satellite by yet a random wireless extender. This applies to the legacy Netgear Dual-band WLAN Repeaters, as well as the newer Netgear WiFi 6 or WiFi 7 Mesh extenders. No magic IP address reservations or whatever ideas can help here: None of these extenders are made for supporting multiple networks, multiple SSIDs, multiple VLANs concurrently.
A direct Ethernet connection won't bring you any step further: None of these extenders have come with Multi-VLAN and multi-network support, too.
