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comeault
Aspirant
Jan 19, 2016

EX6100 extender stops broadcasting when inactive

After a period of inactivity (overnight) the extender stops broadcasting; the Client Link LED turns off and the extender's signal disappears.  It requires a re-boot to start up again.  Why does it st...
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comeault
Aspirant
Jan 19, 2016

The extender is not detectable to other client devices either.  It's like the extender has a powersave feature but I can't find anything on it.

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Babylon5
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Jan 20, 2016

What firmware version is the extender running and have you recently updated it? Have you tried factory resetting the extender?