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Devergee
Apr 23, 2020Aspirant
Trouble installing EX6120 WiFi Range Extender
Hi. Can anyone help? I have just purchased AC1200 WiFi Range Extender Model EX6120. I used WPS to connect and this was successful - the Router light on my Netgear device is glowing green. But when I ...
- Apr 24, 2020
1. try a different laptop/pc.
2. hardwire into the extender. It does have an ethernet port you can connect to. just make sure to shut off the wifi on the device you hardwire in with or it'll default to the wireless
Devergee
Apr 24, 2020Aspirant
Many thanks plemans. I thought of doing that but got stuck where the Manual says "Use a WiFi network manager on a computer...to find and connect to the NETGEAR_EXT (SSID) network."
That network does not appear on the list of available networks in my Mac's network manager, and it cannot find it.
Any further advice?
plemans
Apr 24, 2020Guru - Experienced User
1. try a different laptop/pc.
2. hardwire into the extender. It does have an ethernet port you can connect to. just make sure to shut off the wifi on the device you hardwire in with or it'll default to the wireless
- DevergeeApr 25, 2020Aspirant
Great advice, that worked perfectly, thanks