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Samuelbrody
Aspirant
Sep 18, 2020

Set up - N300 WiFi Range Extender

Hi guys, apologies if I am missing something key or obvious. First of all, I have set this up before and it worked well, however now, for some reason the Ethernet cable does not work and I cannot con...
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plemans
Guru - Experienced User
Sep 18, 2020

When its plugged in, what are the lights doing? 

Are you able to access it when you hardwire a pc to it? 

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Samuelbrody
Aspirant
Sep 18, 2020
So when it’s plugged in all the lights are on, all green, as expected if it was working!
I haven’t tried using a PC as of yet, as the only device I own is a work laptop, would you recommend that? With the Ethernet cable plugged in to my PS4, it still wasn’t working!
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    plemans
    Guru - Experienced User
    Sep 18, 2020

    It might need to be re-installed using the manual method. 

    It tends to go better connecting to it via ethernet for setup. Your work laptop would work fine

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      Samuelbrody
      Aspirant
      Sep 18, 2020
      OK perfect I will give that a go and get back to the thread with an update.
      Is there a guide on manual set up available on this website?