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jennynilsson
Aspirant
Jul 25, 2019
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router SSID name too long for N300 extender?

Hi,  I just noticed that the router SSID was truncated by the extender while creating the name for the extended network. Does the extender have a character limit for the incoming router network name...
  • jennynilsson's avatar
    jennynilsson
    Jul 25, 2019

    thanks for the suggestion, yes I think that would be the best way do solve it. But how do I access the extender Web UI if I can't access the network? that's more or less where I got stuck ;D 

    Or should I connect it with a ethercable in the meanwhile til I get the SSID problem solved?

     

    thanks again!

     

    jenny

     

     

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schumaku
Guru - Experienced User
Jul 25, 2019

Instead of hanging the original SSID (perfeclty understood - to much impact on many different devices and IoT) you can try to shorten the _EXT by editing the SSID on the extender Web UI and add the "lost" F again. 

jennynilsson's avatar
jennynilsson
Aspirant
Jul 25, 2019

thanks for the suggestion, yes I think that would be the best way do solve it. But how do I access the extender Web UI if I can't access the network? that's more or less where I got stuck ;D 

Or should I connect it with a ethercable in the meanwhile til I get the SSID problem solved?

 

thanks again!

 

jenny

 

 

  • Christian_R's avatar
    Christian_R
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Jul 30, 2019

    Hello Jenny, 

     

    Thanks for your post. I wanted to follow up and ask if you are still having issues accessing the extender's admin page. 

     

    ~Christian