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WN2000RPT ext will not connect to Netgear router
Hi There I recently had a blackout and am trying to connect my netgear extender to my netgear router. The extender has 3 green lights but we are unable to connect any technology to it. We have tri...
To reset Extender:
1. Push a pin to the reset hold in the extender when it's plug in to the power
2. Wait for the Power light to blink for 8 times
3. Remove the pin from reset hole and unplug the extender from power to turn it off for about 40 seconds
4. After you plug the power back to the extender, wait for the power light to turn green.
Hopefully that should reset your extender to the default factory setting and when you look for the wireless network in your wireless device, it's should detect the default wireless network of the extender which is NETGEAR_EXT. Try to connect to that network and you should be able to reconfigure the extender.
In case if the above steps doesn't work
- connect one of your computer to the extender using an Ethernet cord
- try to open the extender gui using www.mywifiext.net or 192.168.1.250
- when asked for username and password, type in admin and password respectively and login to NETGEAR Genie (or) Smart Wizard
- try to do soft reset (Backup Settings-Revert to Factory Default Settings-Erase) and reconfigure the extender.
If you are unable to open the extender GUI using www.mywifiext.net or 192.168.1.250, then you can try recover the firmware of the extender using TFTP process.