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WN3000RP range extender -- connecting to FIOS Actiontec MI424WR
I connect to Netgear_EXT, open the browser, connect to mywifiext.net, go through the entire process of connecting to the Router, everything goes smooth, I finally connect to the mySSID_ext and go thro...
Here is the solution -- and Netgear has NOT mention that in any documentation:
In Step 2 of the set up using the Smart Wizard (setting the wireless network) you have to enter the "passphrase" and then there are 4 entries for the Key 1 through Key 4.
In Key 1 enter the same passphrase. leave key 2, 3, and 4 empty.
(If you press the button to create these keys -- it calculates the wrong key values!
This is something I would not have discovered in 1000 years by myself -- but found someone reviewed the product on Amazon and after having the same issues, called techsupport, and was advised to do that. I tried and it does work.
Good luck.
In Step 2 of the set up using the Smart Wizard (setting the wireless network) you have to enter the "passphrase" and then there are 4 entries for the Key 1 through Key 4.
In Key 1 enter the same passphrase. leave key 2, 3, and 4 empty.
(If you press the button to create these keys -- it calculates the wrong key values!
This is something I would not have discovered in 1000 years by myself -- but found someone reviewed the product on Amazon and after having the same issues, called techsupport, and was advised to do that. I tried and it does work.
Good luck.