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Connecting to Netgear wifi extender EX6 120
I have a wifi extender (EX6120) bought in UK in 2017. I live part of the year in South Africa and have tried several times to use the extender here. I cannot get it to work. Are the extenders program...
Is the router led lit on the extender? If so, what color is it?
This could be an issue with WPS setup. You can reset the extender (using a paper clip). At that point you'd see a NETGEAR_EXT network. Join it, and then browse to http://www.mywifiext.net. That will take you to the extender's web setup (not to the internet) and you can complete the setup there. See page 11 (Connect With Web Browser Setup) in the manual here: http://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/EX6120/EX6120_UM_25Aug2015.pdf
Hi StephenB. Thank you for trying to help. I have reset the extender and it no longer appears as an available wifi connection. However, I cannot see anywhere a NETGEAR_EXT network. Where should this be found? I have logged on to www.mywifiext.net and found nothing helpful there. It just tells me that I am not connected to my wifi extender.
I then set up the extender again via WPS and logged on to it. There was again, no internet connection.
I have read and re-read the manual several times, but cannot see anything I have done wrong. I have to say that I have successfully connected many devices etc over the years, but this is the most frustrating and confusing thing that I have come up against. I am sure that there must be a simple answer to the problem, but I am at a complete loss. Help!!!
Hi Headgear42,
After resetting the extender by using a small paper clip you can find NETGEAR_EXT as a wifi network on a wireless device. From there, as StephenB mentions, browse to http://www.mywifiext.net. and it will take you to the extender's web setup.
~ChristianHi Christian
I've gone through the process of resetting the extender and trying to set it up at least 10 times and it is driving me absolutely nuts. At the end of the process, when the manual says that I should connect to the extended network before hitting the "continue" button, as soon as I try to connect, the screen goes blank and there is no longer any "continue" button to click. Please believe me, I am reasonably intelligent and quite computer literate, but I am still at a loss as to how to complete the set-up.
Hi Headgear42 - Would it be possible for you to set up the extender with a wired connection? If so, please let us know the outcome.
~Christian
