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MarshallLaw
Oct 12, 2012Aspirant
Unable to Connect WN2500RP
Spent the last 3 hrs on Live Chat with Ched ID#46267 trying to get this Extender to work with no luck. I run a WIN7 environment (2 wired desktops, 2-4 wireless laptops) I have Linksys Modem(BEFCMU10)...
pinkbytes
Oct 17, 2012Aspirant
MarshallLaw wrote: OK, I admit I am not as literate in network lingo - what exactly do you mean by "...try specify google dns on wifi devices side..."
My original network setup (without the extender, i.e. my normal wireless network) works fine. Just can't get the _EXT networks to work and the Live Chat "expert" was pretty clueless about how the Setup ran let alone how to get the Extender working properly.:(:mad:
If your computer is already connected to the EXT network, do you also have an IP aaddress? What is your computer IP address?
If you do have try to ping the IP address of the router on the computer connected to the extender and also try to ping the extender on the computer connected to the main router?