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jd006814
Aspirant
Nov 17, 2025

Wifi Extender Issues - EX7700

Hello, I have been running a Negear Nighthawk router (Tri Band Ax8 - RAX70) with the Router Firmware Version V1.0.19.172 without any issues.  I purchased a Netgear Wifi extender EX7700 to expand th...
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jd006814
Aspirant
Nov 17, 2025

I assigned ip of 192.168.1.240 for the extender. I will need to come back once I have disabled SPC and checked configuration and IP addressing

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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Nov 17, 2025

Is that address put on the extender or reservied on the router? 

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    jd006814
    Aspirant
    Nov 17, 2025

    I had put it on the extender.

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      FURRYe38
      Guru - Experienced User
      Nov 17, 2025

      Make sure that IP address is on in the routers default IP address pool range. Any static IP addresses need to be out side of the routers DHCP IP address pool range.