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abeagley
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Apr 03, 2012

WN2000RPTv2 Connecting To Wireless Network But No Internet

I recently purchased a WN2000RPTv2 to extend the wireless in my house. I've ran through the setup multiple times with multiple browsers (IE, Firefox, and Safari). Each time it properly detects my home...
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mradovan
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Oct 18, 2012
Ditto here a few months later... Just got one of these extenders, the web interface bailed on me as soon as got it connected to the main router. After that, the device were connecting, but couldn't get IP address from DHCP. Tried lots of things, none helped. I got around it by allocating a static IP to all my devices, after which it all worked fine. However, that's not ideal and it's not supposed to malfunction like that out of the box. What chance does an ordinary consumer have to know where to put the IP, gateway, DNS, etc? Cannot blame it on the router, as it is also a Netgear (DGN2200) - so there should be no incompatibility...